47 CFR § 101.1007 - Geographic service areas and number of licenses.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t47/s101.1007"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "47 CFR § 101.1007 - Geographic service areas and number of licenses."
title_number: 47
title_name: "Telecommunication"
section_number: "101.1007"
section_name: "Geographic service areas and number of licenses."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "SAFETY AND SPECIAL RADIO SERVICES"
part_number: "101"
part_name: "FIXED MICROWAVE SERVICES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "47 U.S.C. 154, 303."
regulatory_source: "61 FR 26677, May 28, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "101"
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# 101.1007 Geographic service areas and number of licenses.
LMDS service areas are Basic Trading Areas (BTAs) as defined in the Rand McNally 1992 Commercial Atlas & Marketing Guide, 123rd Edition, at pages 38-39, that identifies 487 BTAs based on the 50 States and as defined to include the BTA-like areas of the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, Mayaguez/Aguadilla-Ponce, Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, and the Commonwealth of Northern Marinas, for a total of 493 BTAs.