§ 24.102   Service areas.

   Narrowband PCS service areas are nationwide, regional, and Major Trading
   Areas (MTAs), as defined in this section. MTAs are based on the Rand McNally
   1992 Commercial Atlas & Marketing Guide, 123rd Edition, at pages 38-39 (MTA
   Map). Rand McNally organizes the 50 States and the District of Columbia into
   47  MTAs.  The MTA Map is available for public inspection in the FCC's
   Library, Room TW-B505, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, D.C.

   (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 Rouge, 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.

   [ 59 FR 14118 , Mar. 25, 1994, as amended at  59 FR 46199 , Sept. 7, 1994;  65 FR 35852 , June 6, 2000]

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