N.M. Stat. § 63-9B-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.