[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR24.202]

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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
                    CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
                         COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 24--PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart E--Broadband PCS
 
Sec. 24.202  Service areas.

    Broadband PCS service areas are Major Trading Areas (MTAs) and Basic 
Trading Areas (BTAs) as defined in this section. MTAs and BTAs are based 
on the Rand McNally 1992 Commercial

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Atlas & Marketing Guide, 123rd Edition, at pages 38-39 (``BTA/MTA 
Map''). Rand McNally organizes the 50 states and the District of 
Columbia into 47 MTAs and 487 BTAs. The BTA/MTA Map is available for 
public inspection at the Office of Engineering and Technology's 
Technical Information Center, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20554.
    (a) The MTA service areas are based on the Rand McNally 1992 
Commercial Atlas & Marketing Guide, 123rd Edition, at pages 38-39, with 
the following exceptions and additions:
    (1) Alaska is separated from the Seattle MTA and is licensed 
separately.
    (2) Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands are licensed as a single 
MTA-like area.
    (3) Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands are licensed as 
a single MTA-like area.
    (4) American Samoa is licensed as a single MTA-like area.
    (b) The BTA service areas are based on the Rand McNally 1992 
Commercial Atlas & Marketing Guide, 123rd Edition, at pages 38-39, with 
the following additions licensed separately as BTA-like areas: American 
Samoa; Guam; Northern Mariana Islands; Mayaguez/Aguadilla-Ponce, Puerto 
Rico; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and the United States Virgin Islands. The 
Mayaguez/Aguadilla-Ponce BTA-like service area consists of the following 
municipios: Adjuntas, Aguada, Aguadilla, Anasco, Arroyo, Cabo Rojo, 
Coamo, Guanica, Guayama, Guayanilla, Hormigueros, Isabela, Jayuya, Juana 
Diaz, Lajas, Las Marias, Mayaguez, Maricao, Maunabo, Moca, Patillas, 
Penuelas, Ponce, Quebradillas, Rincon, Sabana Grande, Salinas, San 
German, Santa Isabel, Villalba, and Yauco. The San Juan BTA-like service 
area consists of all other municipios in Puerto Rico.

[59 FR 32854, June 24, 1994; 59 FR 40835, Aug. 10, 1994; 63 FR 68952, 
Dec. 14, 1998; 65 FR 53636, Sept. 5, 2000]