[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 47, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2004]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 47CFR24.202]



[Page 237]

 

                       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 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]