North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2007 - Labour Force Survey

• 8.2 - Service-Producing Industries
• 8.2.8 - Information, culture and recreation
• 51 - Information and Cultural Industries
• 517 - Telecommunications
• 5172 - Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)
• 51721 - Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)

517210 - Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)^MEX

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing telecommunications and/or video entertainment services to mobile telecommunication devices over network facilities operated by them. The establishments of this industry can own a network, lease a network or combine leased and owned facilities.

• Example Activities:

  • Beeper (radio pager) communications carriers
  • Cellular telephone services
  • Mobile data services
  • Mobile Internet service
  • Mobile messaging service (text, picture, video)
  • Mobile telephone communications carriers
  • Paging services
  • Personal communication services (PCS) (i.e., communications carriers)
  • Personal mobile communications services
  • Radio paging communications carriers
  • Satellite telephone services
  • Ship-to-shore broadcasting communications carriers
  • Telecommunications carriers, cellular telephone
  • Two-way paging communications carriers
  • Wireless data communications carriers
  • Wireless telephone communications carriers
  • Wireless video service