As used in the Cellular Telephone Services Act: A. 'commission' means the public regulation commission; B. 'cellular service company' means a cellular telephone company that uses cellular telephone equipment and is a radio common carrier or telephone or telecommunications company licensed by the federal communications commission. A cellular service company operates a cellular system that is a high capacity land mobile system in which assigned spectrum is divided into discrete channels that are assigned in groups to geographic cells covering a cellular geographic area, as defined by the federal communications commission. 'Cellular service company' does not include noncellular radio common carrier service, including noncellular mobile telephone service, radio-paging service or one-way cable television service; and C. 'certificated area' means the geographical area that a cellular service company is authorized to serve by a certificate of public convenience and necessity and that is defined on the map as part of the certificate issued under such law authorizing the issuance of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for such purpose. History: Laws 1987, ch. and that is defined on the map as part of the certificate issued under such law authorizing the issuance of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for such purpose. History: Laws 1987, ch. 296, § 3; 1998, ch. 108, § 66. ANNOTATIONSThe 1998 amendment, effective January 1, 1999, substituted 'public regulation' for 'state corporation' in Subsection A; deleted 'and operates within the 800 megahertz band of frequency' following 'communications commission' in Subsection B; substituted 'that' for 'which' in two places in Subsection B; deleted 'but not limited to' following 'carrier service, including' near the end of Subsection B; and substituted 'that' for 'which' in Subsection C.
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