Sec. 24.102  Service areas.

    Narrowband PCS service areas are nationwide, regional, Major Trading 
Areas (MTAs) and Basic Trading Areas (BTAs) as defined below. 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, 
Room 7317, 2025 M Street, NW., Washington, DC.
    (a) The nationwide service area consists of the fifty states, the 
District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, 
Puerto Rico, and United States Virgin Islands.
    (b) The regional service areas are defined as follows:
    (1) Region 1 (Northeast): The Northeast Region consists of the 
following MTAs: Boston-Providence, Buffalo-Rochester, New York, 
Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh.
    (2) Region 2 (South): The South Region consists of the following 
MTAs: Atlanta, Charlotte-Greensboro-Greenville-Raleigh, Jacksonville, 
Knoxville, Louisville-Lexington-Evansville, Nashville, Miami-Fort 
Lauderdale, Richmond-Norfolk, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Orlando, and 
Washington-Baltimore; and, Puerto Rico and United States Virgin Islands.
    (3) Region 3 (Midwest): The Midwest Region consists of the following 
MTAs: Chicago, Cincinnati-Dayton, Cleveland, Columbus, Des Moines-Quad 
Cities, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis-St. Paul, and 
Omaha.
    (4) Region 4 (Central): The Central Region consists of the following 
MTAs: Birmingham, Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver, El Paso-Albuquerque, 
Houston, Kansas City, Little Rock, Memphis-Jackson, New Orleans-Baton 
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Oklahoma City, San Antonio, St. Louis, Tulsa, and Wichita.
    (5) Region 5 (West): The West Region consists of the following MTAs: 
Honolulu, Los Angeles-San Diego, Phoenix, Portland, Salt Lake City, San 
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Seattle (including Alaska), and Spokane-
Billings; and, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
    (c) 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.
    (d) 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, Maricao, Maunabo, Mayaguez, 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 14118 , Mar. 25, 1994, as amended at  59 FR 46199 , Sept. 7, 1994]