The present invention is related to a method and apparatus for providing service availability information to a user in a wireless communication system. After receiving a beacon signal from a base station, a WTRU measures a power level and an interference level of the beacon signal. A target SIR and a power offset for each service is pre-defined and stored in a memory of the WTRU. A processor calculates an estimated SIR for each service, and generates a service availability indicator by dividing the estimated SIR with a target SIR for each service. A user is informed of the availability of various services simply by looking at the display of the WTRU.