Goto Section: 24.200 | 24.203 | Table of Contents

FCC 24.202
Revised as of
Goto Year:1996 | 1998
Sec. 24.202  Service areas.

    Broadband PCS service areas are 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 as the Office of Engineering and 
Technology's Technical Information Center, room 7317, 2025 M Street, 
NW., Washington, DC.
    (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]


Goto Section: 24.200 | 24.203

Goto Year: 1996 | 1998
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