UMTS frequency bands

UMTS frequency bands or frequency ranges are the radio spectrum frequencies designated for the operation of the UMTS / HSDPA / HSUPA / HSPA+ system for mobile phones.

UMTS-FDD

UMTS-FDD is designed to operate in the following paired bands:

Operating Band	Frequency Band	UL Frequencies UE transmit (MHz)	DL Frequencies UE receive (MHz)	Channel Number (UARFCN) UL	Channel Number (UARFCN) DL
I	2100	1920 - 1980	2110 - 2170	9612 - 9888	10562 - 10838
II	1900	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	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	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	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	1800	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 - 1452.9	1475.9 - 1500.9	3487 - 3587	3712 - 3812
XII	700	698 - 716	728 - 746	3612–3678 additional 3702, 3707, 3732, 3737, 3762, 3767	3837–3903 additional 3927, 3932, 3957, 3962, 3987, 3992
XIII	700	777 - 787	746 - 756	3792–3818 additional 3842, 3867	4017–4043 additional 4067, 4092
XIV	700	788 - 798	758 - 768	3892–3918 additional 3942, 3967	4117–4143 additional 4167, 4192

Deployment in other frequency bands is not precluded.

UMTS-TDD

UMTS-TDD is designed to operate in the following bands:

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

UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA frequency bands deployment

• Band I (W-CDMA 2100) in Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania (ITU Region 1) 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)
• Band VIII (W-CDMA 900) in Europe, Asia, Oceania (ITU Region 1 and ITU Region 3), Australia
• Band V (W-CDMA 850) in Australia, Brazil, Canada, the USA, other parts of South America, parts of Asia (ITU Region 2 and ITU Region 3)
• Band VI (W-CDMA 800) in Japan (NTT DoCoMo FOMA Plus)
• Band XII - XIV were added for future use in the 700MHz spectrum auctioned in the United States and Canada in early 2008

See also

• 3GPP
• Cellular frequencies
• Dual band
• GSM frequency bands
• Mobile network code
• Quad band
• Roaming
• Tri band

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)