UMTS frequency bands

The UMTS frequency bands are radio frequencies used by third generation (3G) wireless Universal Mobile Telecommunications System networks. They were allocated by delegate to the World Administrative Radio Conference (WARC-92) held in Málaga-Torremolinos, Spain between February 3, 1992 and March 3, 1992. Resolution 212 (Rev.WRC-97), adopted at the World Radiocommunication Conference held in Geneva, Switzerland in 1997, endorsed the bands specifically for the International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 (IMT-2000) specification by referring to S5.388, which states "The bands 1,885-2,025 MHz and 2,110-2,200 MHz are intended for use, on a worldwide basis, by administrations wishing to implement International Mobile Telecommunications 2000 (IMT-2000). Such use does not preclude the use of these bands by other services to which they are allocated. The bands should be made available for IMT-2000 in accordance with Resolution 212 (Rev. WRC-97)." To accommodate the reality that these initially defined bands were already in use in various regions of the world, the initial allocation has been amended multiple times to include other radio frequency bands.

Deployments by region

Further information: List of UMTS networks

In general, the various UMTS bands are deployed as follows:

• Band I (W-CDMA 2100) in Europe, India, Africa, Israel (Cellcom, Orange, Pelephone) Asia, Australia (metropolitan Optus and Vodafone), New Zealand (ITU Region 1, 2degrees Vodafone NZ), Thailand (TOT (Thailand)), and Brazil (part of ITU Region 2)
• Band II (W-CDMA 1900) in North America and South America (ITU Region 2).
• Band IV (W-CDMA 1700 or Advanced Wireless Services) in the United States (T-Mobile USA), Canada (WIND Mobile, Mobilicity, SaskTel, Vidéotron) and Chile (VTR Movil, Nextel Chile)
• Band V (W-CDMA 850) in Australia (Telstra NextG, Vodafone), Hong Kong (SmarTone), Thailand (True move and DTAC), New Zealand (XT Mobile Network), Brazil, Canada, the USA, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic (Claro),Venezuela, other parts of South America, Israel (Pelephone, Cellcom), parts of Asia (ITU Region 2 and ITU Region 3), Poland (Sferia)
• Band VIII (W-CDMA 900) in Europe, Asia, Australia (Optus and Vodafone regional/country 3G networks), New Zealand (2degrees, Vodafone NZ), Thailand (Advanced Info Service), Dominican Republic (Orange Dominicana), Venezuela (Digitel GSM), Poland (Play and Aero2 HSPA+ Internet only)

UMTS-FDD

Mobile network operators have deployed UMTS-FDD technology in the following paired bands:

Operating band	Frequency band	Common name	UL frequencies UE transmit (MHz)	DL frequencies UE receive (MHz)	UARFCN UL	UARFCN DL
I	2100	IMT	1920–1980	2110–2170	9612–9888	10562–10838
II	1900	PCS	1850–1910	1930–1990	9262–9538 additional 12, 37, 62, 87, 112, 137, 162, 187, 212, 237, 262, 287	9662–9938 additional 412, 437, 462, 487, 512, 537, 562, 587, 612, 637, 662, 687
III	1800	DCS	1710–1785	1805–1880	937–1288	1162–1513
IV	1700	AWS	1710–1755	2110–2155	1312–1513 additional 1662, 1687, 1712, 1737, 1762, 1787, 1812, 1837, 1862	1537–1738 additional 1887, 1912, 1937, 1962, 1987, 2012, 2037, 2062, 2087
V	850	CLR	824–849	869–894	4132–4233 additional 782, 787, 807, 812, 837, 862	4357–4458 additional 1007, 1012, 1032, 1037, 1062, 1087
VI	800		830–840	875–885	4162–4188 additional 812, 837	4387–4413 additional 1037, 1062
VII	2600	IMT-E	2500–2570	2620–2690	2012–2338 additional 2362, 2387, 2412, 2437, 2462, 2487, 2512, 2537, 2562, 2587, 2612, 2637, 2662, 2687	2237–2563 additional 2587, 2612, 2637, 2662, 2687, 2712, 2737, 2762, 2787, 2812, 2837, 2862, 2887, 2912
VIII	900		880–915	925–960	2712–2863	2937–3088
IX	1700		1749.9–1784.9	1844.9–1879.9	8762–8912	9237–9387
X	1700		1710–1770	2110–2170	2887–3163 additional 3187, 3212, 3237, 3262, 3287, 3312, 3337, 3362, 3387, 3412, 3437, 3462	3112–3388 additional 3412, 3437, 3462, 3487, 3512, 3537, 3562, 3587, 3612, 3637, 3662, 3687
XI	1500		1427.9–1447.9	1475.9–1495.9	3487–3562	3712–3787
XII	700	SMH	699–716	729–746	3612–3678 additional 3702, 3707, 3732, 3737, 3762, 3767	3837–3903 additional 3927, 3932, 3957, 3962, 3987, 3992
XIII	700	SMH	777–787	746–756	3792–3818 additional 3842, 3867	4017–4043 additional 4067, 4092
XIV	700	SMH	788–798	758–768	3892–3918 additional 3942, 3967	4117–4143 additional 4167, 4192
XV			Reserved
XVI			Reserved
XVII	700	SMH	Reserved (was 704–716)	Reserved (was 734–746)
XVIII			Reserved	Reserved
XIX	800		832.4–842.6	877.4–887.6	312-363 additional 387, 412, 437	712-763 additional 787, 812, 837
XX	800		832–862	791–821
XXI			1447.9–1462.9	1495.9–1510.9
XXII			3410–3490	3510–3590
XXV			1850–1915	1930–1995

Regions

Operating band	Frequency band	Common name	North America	South America	Europe	Asia	Africa	Oceania
01 !I	2100	IMT	No	Brazil	Europe	Asia, Israel (HOT Mobile, Cellcom, Golan Telecom, Pelephone, Orange), India	Africa	Oceania (Optus, Vodafone AU & NZ, Three Mobile AU, 2° and Telecom NZ), INDOSAT Indosat Indonesia
02 !II	1900	PCS	AT&T, T-Mobile, MetroPCS, Sprint, Bell Mobility, Telcel, Telus, Rogers, SaskTel, MTS Mobility	Chile (Entel), Venezuela (Movilnet, Movistar), Colombia (Tigo Colombia)	No	No	No	No
03 !III	1800	DCS	No	No	Europe	Asia	No	Oceania
04 !IV	1700	AWS	USA (T-Mobile, MetroPCS, Cincinnati Bell Wireless, Big River Broadband), Canada (WIND Mobile, Mobilicity, Videotron)	Chile (VTR Globalcom, Nextel)	No	No	No	No
05 !V	850	CLR	Americas (AT&T, Bell Mobility, Telcel, Telus, Rogers, SaskTel, MTS Mobility, TIGO)	Argentina all carriers but Nextel, Dominican Republic (Claro), Brazil (Claro, Vivo)	No	Hong Kong (SmarTone), Israel (Cellcom, Pelephone), Thailand (TrueMove, TrueMove H, DTAC, CAT)	No	Oceania (Telstra, Vodafone Hutchison Australia, Telecom NZ), Philippines(Smart Communications)
06 !VI	800		No	No	No	Japan (NTT docomo)	No	No
07 !VII	2600	IMT-E	US (future), Canada (Bell Mobility, Rogers Wireless)	Colombia (UNE)	Europe (future)	No	No	No
08 !VIII	900		No	Dominican Republic (Orange), Venezuela (Digitel GSM)	Europe	Asia (Hong Kong CSL Limited), Thailand (AIS), Japan (SoftBank Mobile, INDOSAT Indonesia)	Cell C South AfricaCell C	Oceania (2degrees, Optus, Vodafone AU, Vodafone NZ)
09 !IX	1700		No	No	No	Japan (E Mobile, NTT docomo)	No	No
10 !X	1700		No	No	No	No	No	No
11 !XI	1500		No	No	No	Japan (SoftBank Mobile)	No	No
12 !XII	700	SMH	USA and Canada (lower SMH blocks A/B/C)	No	No	No	No	No
13 !XIII	700	SMH	USA and Canada (upper SMH block C) (Verizon Wireless)	No	No	No	No	No
14 !XIV	700	SMH	USA and Canada (future) (upper SMH block D)	No	No	No	No	No
15 !XV			No	No	No	No	No	No
16 !XVI			No	No	No	No	No	No
17 !XVII	700	SMH	USA and Canada (lower SMH blocks B/C) (AT&T Mobility)	No	No	No	No	No
18 !XVIII			No	No	No	No	No	No
19 !XIX	800		No	No	No	Japan (NTT docomo)	No	No
20 !XX	800		No	No	Europe (1st digital dividend)	No	No	No
21 !XXI			No	No	No	No	No	No
22 !XXII			No	No	No	No	No	No
25 !XXV			No	No	No	No	No	No

TS 25.101

Band	DL to UL frequency separation (MHz)	Center frequency range (MHz)	UARFCN equation (c = center freq. in MHz)	UARFCN range	"DL Channel" range
I (IMT-2000)	190	2112.4–2167.6, increment = 0.2	5 * c	10562–10838	10562–10838
II (U.S. PCS)	80	1932.4–1987.6, increment = 0.2	5 * c	9662–9938	9662–9938
		1932.5–1987.5, increment = 5	5 * (c - 1850.1 MHz)	412, 437, 462, 487, 512, 537, 562, 587, 612, 637, 662, 687	412, 437, 462, 487, 512, 537, 562, 587, 612, 637, 662, 687
III (DCS/PCS)	95	1807.4–1877.6, increment = 0.2	5 * (c - 1525 MHz)	937–1288	1162–1513
IV	400	2112.4–2152.6, increment = 0.2	5 * (c - 1450 MHz)	1312–1513	1537–1738 *
		2112.5–2152.5, increment = 5	5 * (c - 1735.1 MHz)	1887, 1912, 1937, 1962, 1987, 2012, 2037, 2062, 2087	1887, 1912, 1937, 1962, 1987, 2012, 2037, 2062, 2087 *
V (US Cellular)	45	871.4–891.6, increment = 0.2	5 * c	4357–4458	4357–4458 #
		871.5, 872.5, 876.5, 877.5, 882.5, 887.5	5* (c - 670.1 MHz)	1007, 1012, 1032, 1037, 1062, 1087	1007, 1012, 1032, 1037, 1062, 1087 #
VI (Japan 800)	45	877.4–882.6, increment = 0.2	5 * c	4387–4413	4387–4413 +
		877.5, 882.5	5 * (c - 670.1 MHz)	1037, 1062	1037, 1062 +
VII	120	2622.4–2687.6, increment = 0.2	5 * (c - 2175 MHz)	2237–2563	2237–2563
		2622.5–2687.5, increment = 5	5 * (c - 2105.1 MHz)	2587, 2612, 2637, 2662, 2687, 2712, 2737, 2762, 2787, 2812, 2837, 2862, 2887, 2912	2587, 2612, 2637, 2662, 2687, 2712, 2737, 2762, 2787, 2812, 2837, 2862, 2887, 2912
VIII	45	927.4–957.6, increment = 0.2	5 * (c - 340 MHz)	2937–3088	2937–3088
IX	95	1847.4–1877.4, increment = 0.2	5 * c	9237–9387	9237–9387 *
X	400	2112.4–2167.6, increment = 0.2	5 * (c - 1490 MHz)	3112–3388	3112–3388 *
		2112.5–2167.5, increment = 5	5 * (c - 1430.1 MHz)	3412, 3437, 3462, 3487, 3512, 3537, 3562, 3587, 3612, 3637, 3662, 3687	3412, 3437, 3462, 3487, 3512, 3537, 3562, 3587, 3612, 3637, 3662, 3687 *

UMTS-TDD

Mobile network operators have deployed UMTS-TDD technology in the following bands:

Frequencies (MHz)	Channel Number (UARFCN)
1850–1910	9262 - 9538
1900–1920	9512 - 9588
1910–1930	9562 - 9638
1930–1990	9662 - 9938
2010–2025	10062 - 10113
2570–2620	12862 - 13088

See also

• 3GPP
• Cellular frequencies
• GSM frequency bands
• E-UTRA#Frequency bands and channel bandwidths
• Mobile network code
• Roaming
• United States 2008 wireless spectrum auction
• White spaces (radio)

External links

• 3GPP Specifications for group: R4 - Frequencies info for UMTS (TS 25.101/102/104/105)
• UARFCN to Frequency Calculator - Converts DL UARFCN to frequency band and other information (scroll to bottom of page)