LTE frequency bands

Long-Term Evolution (LTE) telecommunications networks use several frequency bands with associated bandwidths.

Frequency bands[edit]

From Tables 5.5-1 "E-UTRA Operating Bands" and 5.6.1-1 "E-UTRA Channel Bandwidth" of the latest published version of the 3GPP TS 36.101,^[1] the following table lists the specified frequency bands of LTE and the channel bandwidths each band supports.

Band	Duplex mode^{[A 1]}	ƒ (MHz)	Common name	Subset of band	Uplink^{[A 2]} (MHz)	Downlink^{[A 3]} (MHz)	Duplex spacing (MHz)	Channel bandwidths (MHz)	Notes
1	FDD	2100	IMT	65	1920 – 1980	2110 – 2170	190	5, 10, 15, 20
2	FDD	1900	PCS	25	1850 – 1910	1930 – 1990	80	1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20
3	FDD	1800	DCS		1710 – 1785	1805 – 1880	95	1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20
4	FDD	1700	AWS‑1	10, 66	1710 – 1755	2110 – 2155	400	1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20
5	FDD	850	Cellular	26	824 – 849	869 – 894	45	1.4, 3, 5, 10
7	FDD	2600	IMT-E		2500 – 2570	2620 – 2690	120	5, 10, 15, 20
8	FDD	900	Extended GSM		880 – 915	925 – 960	45	1.4, 3, 5, 10
11	FDD	1500	Lower PDC (Japan)	74	1427.9 – 1447.9	1475.9 – 1495.9	48	5, 10
12	FDD	700	Lower SMH	85	699 – 716	729 – 746	30	1.4, 3, 5, 10
13	FDD	700	Upper SMH		777 – 787	746 – 756	−31	5, 10
14	FDD	700	Upper SMH		788 – 798	758 – 768	−30	5, 10
17	FDD	700	Lower SMH	12, 85	704 – 716	734 – 746	30	5, 10
18	FDD	850	Lower 800 (Japan)	26	815 – 830	860 – 875	45	5, 10, 15
19	FDD	850	Upper 800 (Japan)	5, 26	830 – 845	875 – 890	45	5, 10, 15
20	FDD	800	Digital Dividend (EU)		832 – 862	791 – 821	−41	5, 10, 15, 20
21	FDD	1500	Upper PDC (Japan)	74	1447.9 – 1462.9	1495.9 – 1510.9	48	5, 10, 15
24	FDD	1600	Upper L‑Band (US)		1626.5 – 1660.5^{[B 1]}	1525 – 1559^{[B 2]}	−101.5	5, 10
25	FDD	1900	Extended PCS		1850 – 1915	1930 – 1995	80	1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20
26	FDD	850	Extended Cellular		814 – 849	859 – 894	45	1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15
28	FDD	700	APT		703 – 748	758 – 803	55	3, 5, 10, 15, 20
29	SDL	700	Lower SMH	44	—	717 – 728	—	3, 5, 10
30	FDD	2300	WCS		2305 – 2315	2350 – 2360	45	5, 10
31	FDD	450	NMT		452.5 – 457.5	462.5 – 467.5	10	1.4, 3, 5
32	SDL	1500	L‑Band (EU)	75	—	1452 – 1496	—	5, 10, 15, 20
34	TDD	2000	IMT		2010 – 2025		—	5, 10, 15
37	TDD	1900	PCS		1910 – 1930		—	5, 10, 15, 20	PCS Duplex Spacing
38	TDD	2600	IMT-E	41	2570 – 2620		—	5, 10, 15, 20	IMT-E Duplex Spacing
39	TDD	1900	DCS–IMT Gap		1880 – 1920		—	5, 10, 15, 20
40	TDD	2300	S-Band		2300 – 2400		—	5, 10, 15, 20
41	TDD	2500	BRS (US)		2496 – 2690		—	5, 10, 15, 20
42	TDD	3500	CBRS (EU, Japan)		3400 – 3600		—	5, 10, 15, 20
43	TDD	3700	C-Band		3600 – 3800		—	5, 10, 15, 20
46	TDD	5200	U-NII-1–4		5150 – 5925		—	10, 20	LAA
47	TDD	5900	U-NII-4	46	5855 – 5925		—	10, 20	V2X
48	TDD	3500	CBRS (US)	49	3550 – 3700		—	5, 10, 15, 20
50	TDD	1500	L‑Band (EU)	45	1432 – 1517		—	3, 5, 10, 15, 20
51	TDD	1500	L‑Band Extension (EU)		1427 – 1432		—	3, 5
53	TDD	2400	S-Band		2483.5 – 2495		—	1.4, 3, 5, 10
65	FDD	2100	Extended IMT		1920 – 2010	2110 – 2200	190	1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20
66	FDD	1700	Extended AWS (AWS‑1–3)		1710 – 1780	2110 – 2200^{[B 3]}	400	1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20
67	SDL	700	EU 700		—	738 – 758	—	5, 10, 15, 20
69	SDL	2600	IMT-E		—	2570 – 2620	—	5, 10, 15, 20	IMT-E Duplex Spacing
70	FDD	1700	Supplementary AWS (AWS‑2–4)		1695 – 1710	1995 – 2020	295 – 300^{[B 4]}	5, 10, 15, 20^{[B 5]}	^[2]
71	FDD	600	Digital Dividend (US)		663 – 698	617 – 652	−46	5, 10, 15, 20
72	FDD	450	PMR (EU)		451 – 456	461 – 466	10	1.4, 3, 5
73	FDD	450	PMR (APT)		450 – 455	460 – 465	10	1.4, 3, 5
74	FDD	1500	Lower L‑Band (US)		1427 – 1470	1475 – 1518	48	1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20
75	SDL	1500	L‑Band (EU)		—	1432 – 1517	—	5, 10, 15, 20
76	SDL	1500	L‑Band Extension (EU)		—	1427 – 1432	—	5
85	FDD	700	Extended Lower SMH	12	698 – 716	728 – 746	30	5, 10
87	FDD	410	PMR (APT)		410 – 415	420 – 425	10	1.4, 3, 5
88	FDD	410	PMR (EU)		412 – 417	422 – 427	10	1.4, 3, 5
103	FDD	700	Upper SMH		787 – 788	757 – 758	-30		^[3]
Band	Duplex mode	ƒ (MHz)	Common name	Subset of band	Uplink (MHz)	Downlink (MHz)	Duplex spacing (MHz)	Channel bandwidths (MHz)	Notes

^ Frequency-division duplexing (FDD); time-division duplexing (TDD); FDD supplemental downlink (SDL)
^ User Equipment transmit; Base Station receive
^ User Equipment receive; Base Station transmit

^ Downlink restricted to 1526–1536 MHz
^ Uplink restricted to 1627.5–1637.5 MHz and 1646.5–1656.5 MHz
^ Downlink between 2180–2200 MHz restricted to intra-band Supplemental Downlink
^ Duplex spacing depends on whether the Uplink is paired with the lower or the upper part of the Downlink, with the remainder of the Downlink available for use as intra-band Supplemental Downlink
^ Carrier aggregation only

Obsolete frequency bands [edit]

These bands were defined by the 3GPP, but have never been deployed commercially, supported by commercial devices or are no longer used.^[1]

Band	Duplex mode^{[C 1]}	ƒ (MHz)	Common name	Subset of band	Uplink^{[C 2]} (MHz)	Downlink^{[C 3]} (MHz)	Duplex spacing (MHz)	Channel bandwidths (MHz)	Notes
6	FDD	800	UMTS 800	5, 19, 26	830 – 840	875 – 885	45	5, 10
9	FDD	1800	UMTS 1700	3	1749.9 – 1784.9	1844.9 – 1879.9	95	5, 10
10	FDD	1700	Extended AWS	4, 66	1710 – 1770	2110 – 2170	400	5, 10, 15, 20
22	FDD	3500	C-Band		3410 – 3500	3510 – 3600	100	5, 10, 15, 20
23	FDD	2000	AWS-4		2000 – 2020	2180 – 2200	180	1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20
27	FDD	800	SMR		807 – 824	852 – 869	45	1.4, 3, 5, 10
33	TDD	1900	IMT	39	1900 – 1920		—	5, 10, 15, 20
35	TDD	1900	PCS		1850 – 1910		—	1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20	PCS Uplink
36	TDD	1900	PCS		1930 – 1990		—	1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20	PCS Downlink
44	TDD	700	APT		703 – 803		—	3, 5, 10, 15, 20
45	TDD	1500	L-Band	50	1447 – 1467		—	5, 10, 15, 20
49	TDD	3500	C-Band	48	3550 – 3700		—	10, 20
52	TDD	3300	C-Band		3300 – 3400		—	5, 10, 15, 20
68	FDD	700	ME 700 (MEA)		698 – 728	753 – 783	55	5, 10, 15
252	SDL	5200	U-NII-1		—	5150 – 5250	—	5, 10, 15, 20	LTE-U
255	SDL	5800	U-NII-3		—	5725 – 5850	—	5, 10, 15, 20	LTE-U
Band	Duplex mode	ƒ (MHz)	Common name	Subset of band	Uplink (MHz)	Downlink (MHz)	Duplex spacing (MHz)	Channel bandwidths (MHz)	Notes

^ Frequency-division duplexing (FDD); time-division duplexing (TDD); FDD supplemental downlink (SDL)
^ User Equipment transmit; Base Station receive
^ User Equipment receive; Base Station transmit

Deployments by region[edit]

The following table shows the standardized LTE bands and their regional use. The main LTE bands are in bold print. Not yet deployed are not available (N/A). Partial deployments varies from country to country and the details are available at List of LTE networks.

Networks on LTE bands 7, 28 (LTE-FDD) are suitable for global roaming in ITU Regions 1, 2 and 3.
Networks on LTE bands 1, 3 (LTE-FDD) are suitable for roaming in ITU Regions 1, 3 and partially Region 2 (e.g. Costa Rica, Venezuela, Brazil and some Caribbean countries or territories.
Networks on LTE band 20 (LTE-FDD) are suitable for roaming in ITU Region 1 only.
Networks on LTE band 5 (LTE-FDD) are suitable for roaming in ITU Regions 2 and 3.
Networks on LTE bands 38, 40 (LTE-TDD) may allow global roaming in the future (ITU Regions 1, 2 and 3).
Networks on LTE band 8 (LTE-FDD) may allow roaming suitable for roaming in ITU Regions 1, 3 and partially Region 2 (e.g. Peru, El Salvador, Brazil and some Caribbean countries or territories) in the future.
Networks on LTE bands 2 and 4 (LTE-FDD) are suitable for roaming in ITU Region 2 (Americas) only.

Band	Duplex Mode^{[D 1]}	ƒ (MHz)	Common Name	North America^{[D 2]}	Central and South America^{[D 2]}	Caribbean^{[D 2]}	Europe^{[D 3]}	Africa^{[D 3]}	Asia^{[D 4]}	Oceania^{[D 4]}
01	FDD	2100	IMT	No	Brazil, Costa Rica	Cuba (ETECSA)	Yes	South Africa (Cell C, MTN, Vodacom), Namibia (MTC), Kenya (Airtel)	Yes	Australia (Vodafone), New Zealand (2degrees, Spark, Vodafone), French Polynesia (Vini, PMT-Vodafone)
02	FDD	1900	PCS	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
03	FDD	1800	DCS	No	Brazil, Costa Rica (Claro, Movistar), French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela (Digitel GSM)	Aruba (SETAR), Cayman Islands, (Digicel), Cuba (ETECSA), Dominican Republic (Altice Dominicana)	Yes	Yes	Yes	French Polynesia (Vini, PMT-Vodafone), New Zealand (2degrees, Spark, Vodafone), New Caledonia (OPT)
04	FDD	1700	AWS	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
05	FDD	850	CLR	Yes	Guatemala (Tigo)	Barbados (FLOW), Bermuda, Dominican Republic (Altice)	No	Malawi (Access Communications)	Cambodia (SEATEL), India (Jio, Airtel), Indonesia (Smartfren), Malaysia (Telekom Malaysia), Pakistan (Telenor), Philippines (Smart), South Korea (LG U+, SK Telecom), China(China Telecom), Uzbekistan (Beeline UZ)	Australia (Vodafone)
07	FDD	2600	IMT-E	Canada (Bell, Rogers, Telus, Freedom Mobile), Mexico (AT&T, Telcel)	Yes	Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Barthelemy, Saint Martin, Dominican Republic (Claro)	Yes	Ghana (Surfline), Zambia (MTN, Zamtel)	Yes	Australia (Vodafone), New Zealand (Spark, Vodafone), French Polynesia (Vini, Viti, PMT-Vodafone)
08	FDD	900	E-GSM	No	Brazil, Peru (Bitel)	British Virgin Islands	Yes	Nigeria (ntel), South Africa (Vodacom)	Yes	Australia (Vodafone), New Zealand (2degrees)
11	FDD	1500	LPDC	No	No	No	No	No	Japan (au, SoftBank)	No
12	FDD	700	LSMH	Canada (Bell, Rogers, Telus), USA (AT&T, T-Mobile, US Cellular)	Bolivia, Belize	Yes	No	No	No	Kiribati (TSKL)
13	FDD	700	USMH	Canada (Bell, Telus), USA (Verizon)	Bolivia, Belize	Yes	No	No	Uzbekistan (Ucell)	No
14	FDD	700	USMH	USA (FirstNet/AT&T)	—	Barbados (Neptune)	No	No	No	No
17	FDD	700	LSMH	Canada (Bell, Telus), USA (AT&T)	Bolivia, Belize	Yes	No	No	No	No
18	FDD	800	L800	No	No	No	No	No	Japan (au)	No
19	FDD	800	U800	No	No	No	No	No	Japan (NTT Docomo)	No
20	FDD	800	EUDD	No	No	Guadeloupe, Martinique, Haiti	Yes	Yes	Kazakhstan (Beeline, Kcell), Nepal (Nepal Telecom), Iran (HiWEB)	Fiji (Digicel), French Polynesia (Vini, PMT-Vodafone), New Caledonia (OPT)
21	FDD	1500	UPDC	No	No	No	No	No	Japan (NTT Docomo)	No
25	FDD	1900	E-PCS	Canada(Rogers), USA (C Spire, T-Mobile)	—	—	No	No	No	No
26	FDD	850	E-CLR	USA (T-Mobile)	—	—	—	—	Japan (au, NTT Docomo)	—
28	FDD	700	APT	Mexico (Red Compartida)	Yes	Cuba, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago	Yes	Nigeria (Glo Mobile), Kenya (Faiba 4G)	Yes	Yes
29	SDL	700	LSMH	USA (AT&T), Canada (Bell, Telus)	—	—	No	No	No	No
30	FDD	2300	WCS	USA (AT&T), Canada (Telus, Xplornet)	No	No	No	No	No	No
31	FDD	450	NMT	No	—	No	Denmark (Net1), Finland (Ukko Mobile), Norway (ice), Russia (Skylink), Sweden (Net1)	—	Armenia (Beeline), Indonesia (Net1), Philippines (Net1)	—
32	SDL	1500	L‑Band	No	—	—	Italy (TIM, Vodafone), Switzerland (Swisscom)	—	—	—
38	TDD	2600	IMT-E	Canada, Mexico (AT&T)	Brazil, Colombia	Dominican Republic	Yes	Namibia (TN Mobile)	Malaysia (Yes 4G), Myanmar (Ananda 4G+), Sri Lanka (SLT), Iran (HiWEB)	—
39	TDD	1900	DCS–IMT Gap	No	No	No	No	No	China (China Mobile)	No
40	TDD	2300	S-Band	No	—	—	Latvia (LMT), Lithuania (MEZON), United Kingdom (O2), Russia (Tele2)	Zambia (Zamtel)	Yes	Yes
41	TDD	2500	BRS	USA (C Spire, T-Mobile), Canada (Xplornet)	—	Jamaica (Digicel) Trinidad and Tobago (bmobile)	No	Madagascar (Blueline)	China (China Mobile), Japan (KDDI (UQ), SoftBank (WCP)), Philippines (Globe), India (Vodafone Idea)	No
42	TDD	3500	C-Band	Canada (Bell, Xplornet)	Chile (Entel), Argentina (DirecTV), Colombia (Movistar)	—	Slovakia (O2, SWAN [sk], Slovanet)	No	Iran (MTN Irancell, Mobinnet), Japan (au, NTT Docomo, SoftBank)	—
43	TDD	3700	C-Band	Canada (Bell, Xplornet)	Argentina (DirecTV)	—	Slovakia (O2, SWAN [sk])	No	Iran MTN Irancell	No
46	TDD	5200	U-NII-1–4	USA (AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon)	—	—	United Kingdom (EE)
48	TDD	3500	CBRS	USA (Verizon)	—	—	No	No	No	No
65	FDD	2100	E-IMT	No	—	—	EAN (T-Mobile, Inmarsat)	—	—	—
66	FDD	1700	E-AWS	Yes	—	—	No	No	No	No
71	FDD	600	USDD	Canada (Telus, Rogers), USA (C Spire, T-Mobile)	—	—	No	No	No	No
Band	Duplex Mode	ƒ (MHz)	Common Name	North America	Central and South Americas	Caribbean	Europe	Africa	Asia	Oceania

^ Frequency-division duplexing (FDD); time-division duplexing (TDD)
^ ^a ^b ^c ITU Region 2
^ ^a ^b ITU Region 1
^ ^a ^b ITU Region 3

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "TS 36.101: Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception" (17.6.0 ed.). 3GPP. 2022-06-24. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
^ Downlink is made up of the PCS-H downlink block and the AWS-4 uplink blocks. The uplink is made up of the AWS-3 unpaired blocks.
^ Restricted to NB-IoT only

External links[edit]

[DM-2] Frequency-division duplexing (FDD); time-division duplexing (TDD); FDD supplemental downlink (SDL)

[UL-3] User Equipment transmit; Base Station receive

[DL-4] User Equipment receive; Base Station transmit

[B24DL-5] Downlink restricted to 1526–1536 MHz

[B24UL-6] Uplink restricted to 1627.5–1637.5 MHz and 1646.5–1656.5 MHz

[B66DL-7] Downlink between 2180–2200 MHz restricted to intra-band Supplemental Downlink

[B70DL-8] Duplex spacing depends on whether the Uplink is paired with the lower or the upper part of the Downlink, with the remainder of the Downlink available for use as intra-band Supplemental Downlink

[CA-9] Carrier aggregation only

[DM-12] Frequency-division duplexing (FDD); time-division duplexing (TDD); FDD supplemental downlink (SDL)

[UL-13] User Equipment transmit; Base Station receive

[DL-14] User Equipment receive; Base Station transmit

[DM-15] Frequency-division duplexing (FDD); time-division duplexing (TDD)

[ITU2-16] ITU Region 2

[ITU1-17] ITU Region 1

[ITU3-18] ITU Region 3

[TS_36.101-1] "TS 36.101: Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception" (17.6.0 ed.). 3GPP. 2022-06-24. Retrieved 2022-07-07.

[10] Downlink is made up of the PCS-H downlink block and the AWS-4 uplink blocks. The uplink is made up of the AWS-3 unpaired blocks.

[11] Restricted to NB-IoT only

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