Sec.  22.951   Minimum coverage requirement.

   Applications for authority to operate a new cellular system in an unserved
   area, other than those filed by the licensee of an existing system that
   abuts the unserved area, must propose a contiguous cellular geographical
   service area (CGSA) of at least 130 square kilometers (50 square miles).
   Area within contract SAB extensions counts toward the minimum coverage
   requirement. However, area within de minimis SAB extensions does not count
   toward the minimum coverage requirement. Applications for authority to
   operate a new cellular system in an unserved area, other than those filed by
   the licensee of an existing system that abuts the unserved area, must not
   propose coverage of water areas only (or water areas and uninhabited islands
   or reefs only), except for unserved areas in the Gulf of Mexico MSA.