SSIC K—Telecommunications, computer programming, consultancy, computing infrastructure, and other information service activities

Where K sits

1. K Telecommunications, computer programming, consultancy, computing infrastructure, and other information service activities

Contains 3 narrower codes

• 61 Telecommunications
• 62 Computer programming, information technology consultancy and related activities
• 63 Information service activities and online marketplaces

What K includes

• This section includes telecommunications and related service activities, i.e. transmitting voice, data, text, sound and video (division 61), computer programming, consultancy and related activities (division 62), and computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting, and other information service activities (division 63). This section also includes online marketplaces operating on a fee or commission basis for goods/services sold by third-party without taking ownership of the goods sold or providing/rendering the services (group 632).

What K excludes

• Mass reproduction of software or other pre-recorded audio and video material on magnetic or optical media, see 18200
• Wholesale trade on a fee or commission basis not through online platforms, see 46100
• Operation of online wholesale/retail sales with ownership of goods or services, see Section G 'Wholesale and retail trade'
• Software publishing (including combined development and publishing activities), see division 58
• Provision of financial and insurance activities using published financial and insurance technologies software, see Section L 'Financial and insurance activities'
• Activities of gambling sites, see 92001
• Repair and maintenance of computers and communications equipment, see group 951

K in other systems