Definitions
NMSA 1978, § 63-9B-3
in effect63-9B-3. Definitions
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.
Laws 1987, ch. 296, § 3; 1998, ch. 108, § 66.
Source: New Mexico Compilation Commission (nmonesource.com)URL: https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18566/index.do#!b/63-9B-3Fetched: 10/20/2026