Wired Telecommunications Carriers This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating, maintaining, and/or providing access to transmission facilities and infrastructure that they own and/or lease for the transmission of voice, data, text, sound, and video using wired telecommunications networks. Transmission facilities may be based on a single technology or a combination of technologies. Establishments in this industry use the wired telecommunications network facilities that they operate to provide a variety of services, such as wired telephony services, including VoIP services; wired (cable) audio and video programming distribution; and wired broadband Internet services. By exception, establishments providing satellite television distribution services using facilities and infrastructure that they operate are included in this industry. Broadband Internet service providers, wired (e.g., cable, DSL) Cable television distribution services Closed-circuit television (CCTV) services Direct-to-home satellite system (DTH) services Local telephone carriers, wired Long-distance telephone carriers, wired Multichannel multipoint distribution services (MMDS) Satellite television distribution systems Telecommunications carriers, wired VoIP service providers, using own operated wired telecommunications infrastructure