[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2006]
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 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,

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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; Mayag[uuml]ez/Aguadilla-Ponce, 
Puerto Rico; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and the United States Virgin 
Islands. The Mayag[uuml]ez/Aguadilla-Ponce BTA-like service area 
consists of the following municipios: Adjuntas, Aguada, Aguadilla, 
A[ntilde]asco, Arroyo, Cabo Rojo, Coamo, Gu[aacute]nica, Guayama, 
Guayanilla, Hormigueros, Isabela, Jayuya, Juana D[iacute]az, Lajas, Las 
Mar[iacute]as, Mayag[uuml]ez, Maricao, Maunabo, Moca, Patillas, 
Pe[ntilde]uelas, Ponce, Quebradillas, Rinc[oacute]n, Sabana Grande, 
Salinas, San Germ[aacute]n, 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]