§  101.1401   Service areas.

   Multichannel Video Distribution and Data Service (MVDDS) is licensed on
   the basis of Designated Market Areas (DMAs). The 214 DMA service areas
   are based on the 210 Designated Market Areas delineated by Nielsen
   Media Research and published in its publication entitled U.S.
   Television Household Estimates, September 2002, plus four FCC-defined
   DMA-like service areas.

   (a) Alaska—Balance of State (all geographic areas of Alaska not
   included in Nielsen's three DMAs for the state: Anchorage, Fairbanks,
   and Juneau);

   (b) Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands;

   (c) Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands; and

   (d) American Samoa.

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