---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 24.102"
title: "47"
number: "24.102"
heading: "Service areas."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/24.102"
---

# §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 on the FCC's website at www.fcc.gov/auctions through the “Maps” submenu.

- (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.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[59 FR 14118, Mar. 25, 1994, as amended at 59 FR 46199, Sept. 7, 1994; 65 FR 35852, June 6, 2000; 85 FR 64407, Oct. 13, 2020]

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 301, 302a, 303, 309 and 332.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 59183, Nov. 8, 1993, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 59 FR 18499, Apr. 19, 1994.

### Amendments

[59 FR 14118, Mar. 25, 1994, as amended at 59 FR 46199, Sept. 7, 1994; 65 FR 35852, June 6, 2000; 85 FR 64407, Oct. 13, 2020]