§ 24.202   Service areas.

   Broadband PCS service areas are Major Trading Areas (MTAs) and Basic Trading
   Areas (BTAs) as defined in this section. 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, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20554.

   (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; Mayagüez/Aguadilla-Ponce, Puerto Rico; San Juan,
   Puerto   Rico;   and   the   United   States   Virgin   Islands.   The
   Mayagüez/Aguadilla-Ponce BTA-like service area consists of the following
   municipios: Adjuntas, Aguada, Aguadilla, Añasco, Arroyo, Cabo Rojo, Coamo,
   Guánica, Guayama, Guayanilla, Hormigueros, Isabela, Jayuya, Juana Díaz,
   Lajas, Las Marías, Mayagüez, Maricao, Maunabo, Moca, Patillas, Peñuelas,
   Ponce, Quebradillas, Rincón, Sabana Grande, Salinas, San Germán, 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;  63 FR 68952 , Dec.
   14, 1998;  65 FR 53636 , Sept. 5, 2000]

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