LTE frequency bands

Frequency bands and channel bandwidths

From Tables 5.5-1 "E-UTRA Operating Bands" and 5.6.1-1 "E-UTRA Channel Bandwidth" of 3GPP TS 36.101,^[1]^[2]^[3] the following table lists the specified frequency bands of LTE and the channel bandwidths each listed band supports:

E-UTRA Band	Duplex- Mode	ƒ (MHz)	Common name	Included in (subset of) Band	Uplink (UL) BS receive UE transmit (MHz)	Downlink (DL) BS transmit UE receive (MHz)	Duplex spacing (MHz)	Channel bandwidths (MHz)
1	FDD	2100	IMT	65	1920 – 1980	2110 – 2170	190	5, 10, 15, 20
2	FDD	1900	PCS blocks A-F	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 blocks A-F (AWS-1)	66	1710 – 1755	2110 – 2155	400	1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20
5	FDD	850	CLR	26	824 – 849	869 – 894	45	1.4, 3, 5, 10
6	~~FDD~~	~~850~~	~~Japan UMTS 800~~ (obsolete)	26	~~830 – 840~~	~~875 – 885~~	45	~~5, 10~~
7	FDD	2600	IMT-E		2500 – 2570	2620 – 2690	120	5, 10, 15, 20
8	FDD	900	E-GSM		880 – 915	925 – 960	45	1.4, 3, 5, 10
9	FDD	1800	Japan UMTS 1700 / Japan DCS	3	1749.9 – 1784.9	1844.9 – 1879.9	95	5, 10, 15, 20
10	FDD	1700	Extended AWS blocks A-I	66	1710 – 1770	2110 – 2170	400	5, 10, 15, 20
11	FDD	1500	Lower PDC		1427.9 – 1447.9	1475.9 – 1495.9	48	5, 10
12	FDD	700	Lower SMH blocks A/B/C		699 – 716	729 – 746	30	1.4, 3, 5, 10
13	FDD	700	Upper SMH block C		777 – 787	746 – 756	−31	5, 10
14	FDD	700	Upper SMH block D		788 – 798	758 – 768	−30	5, 10
15	~~FDD~~	~~2600~~	~~formerly reserved~~ (obsolete)		~~1900 – 1920~~	~~2600 – 2620~~	~~700~~	~~5, 10~~
16	~~FDD~~	~~2600~~	~~formerly reserved~~ (obsolete)		~~2010 – 2025~~	~~2585 – 2600~~	~~575~~	~~5, 10, 15~~
17	FDD	700	Lower SMH blocks B/C	12	704 – 716	734 – 746	30	5, 10
18	FDD	850	Japan lower 800	26	815 – 830	860 – 875	45	5, 10, 15
19	FDD	850	Japan upper 800	26	830 – 845	875 – 890	45	5, 10, 15
20	FDD	800	EU Digital Dividend		832 – 862	791 – 821	−41	5, 10, 15, 20
21	FDD	1500	Upper PDC		1447.9 – 1462.9	1495.9 – 1510.9	48	5, 10, 15
22	FDD	3500			3410 – 3490	3510 – 3590	100	5, 10, 15, 20
23	FDD	2000	S-Band (AWS-4)		2000 – 2020	2180 – 2200	180	1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20
24	FDD	1600	L-Band (US)		1626.5 – 1660.5	1525 – 1559	−101.5	5, 10
25	FDD	1900	Extended PCS blocks A-G		1850 – 1915	1930 – 1995	80	1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20
26	FDD	850	Extended CLR		814 – 849	859 – 894	45	1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15
27	FDD	850	SMR (adjacent to band 5)		807 – 824	852 – 869	45	1.4, 3, 5, 10
28	FDD	700	APT		703 – 748	758 – 803	55	3, 5, 10, 15, 20
29	FDD / CA	700	Lower SMH blocks D/E		N/A	717 – 728	N/A	3, 5, 10
30	FDD	2300	WCS blocks A/B		2305 – 2315	2350 – 2360	45	5, 10
31	FDD	450			452.5 – 457.5	462.5 – 467.5	10	1.4, 3, 5
32	FDD / CA	1500	L-Band (EU)		N/A	1452 – 1496	N/A	5, 10, 15, 20
33	TDD	2100	IMT	39	1900 – 1920		N/A	5, 10, 15, 20
34	TDD	2100	IMT		2010 – 2025		N/A	5, 10, 15
35	TDD	1900	PCS (Uplink)		1850 – 1910		N/A	1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20
36	TDD	1900	PCS (Downlink)		1930 – 1990		N/A	1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20
37	TDD	1900	PCS (Duplex spacing)		1910 – 1930		N/A	5, 10, 15, 20
38	TDD	2600	IMT-E (Duplex Spacing)	41	2570 – 2620		N/A	5, 10, 15, 20
39	TDD	1900	DCS-IMT gap		1880 – 1920		N/A	5, 10, 15, 20
40	TDD	2300			2300 – 2400		N/A	5, 10, 15, 20
41	TDD	2500	BRS / EBS		2496 – 2690		N/A	5, 10, 15, 20
42	TDD	3500			3400 – 3600		N/A	5, 10, 15, 20
43	TDD	3700			3600 – 3800		N/A	5, 10, 15, 20
44	TDD	700	APT		703 – 803		N/A	3, 5, 10, 15, 20
45	TDD	1500	L-Band (China)		1447 – 1467		N/A	5, 10, 15, 20
46	TDD	5200	NII		5150 – 5925		N/A	20
65	FDD	2100	Extended IMT		1920 – 2010	2110 – 2200	190	5, 10, 15, 20
66	FDD^[4]	1700	Extended AWS blocks A-J (AWS-1/AWS-3)		1710 – 1780	2110 – 2200	400	5, 10, 15, 20
67	FDD / CA	700	EU 700		N/A	738 – 758	N/A	5, 10, 15, 20
E-UTRA Band	Duplex- Mode	ƒ (MHz)	Common name	Included in (subset of) Band	Uplink (UL) BS receive UE transmit (MHz)	Downlink (DL) BS transmit UE receive (MHz)	Duplex spacing (MHz)	Channel bandwidths (MHz)

Deployments by region

The following table shows the standardized LTE bands and their regional use. The main LTE bands are in bold print. Frequency bands for which future deployment and use is very unlikely are in italic print.

Networks on LTE-bands 1, 3, 7, 28 (FDD-LTE) or 38, 40 (TDD-LTE) are suitable for future global roaming in ITU Regions 1, 2 and 3.
Networks on LTE-band 8 (FDD-LTE) may allow global roaming in the future (ITU Regions 1, 2 and 3) (Long-term perspective).
Networks on LTE-band 20 (FDD-LTE) are suitable for roaming in ITU Region 1 (EMEA) only.
Networks on LTE-bands 2 and 4 (FDD-LTE) are suitable for roaming in ITU Region 2 (Americas) only.

E-UTRA Band	Duplex- Mode	ƒ (MHz)	Common name	North America	Latin America	Europe	Asia	Africa	Oceania
01	FDD	2100	IMT	No	(no deployments)	Czech Republic (Vodafone), Poland (Play	Japan (au, NTT Docomo, SoftBank Mobile), Philippines (Smart), South Korea (LG U+, SK Telecom), Tajikistan (Babilon Mobile), Thailand (DTAC, TrueMove-H, AIS)	Angola (Unitel)	Australia (Optus)
02	FDD	1900	PCS A-F	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
03	FDD	1800	DCS	No	Aruba (SETAR), Brazil (Nextel), Cayman Islands (Digicel Cayman), Costa Rica (Claro, Movistar), Dominican Republic (Orange), Venezuela (Digitel GSM)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
04	FDD	1700	AWS A-F	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
05	FDD	850	CLR	USA (AT&T, U.S. Cellular)	(no deployments)	No	Cambodia (SEATEL), China (China Telecom (planned), Malaysia (Telekom Malaysia), South Korea (LG U+, SK Telecom)	(no deployments)	Australia (Vodafone)
07	FDD	2600	IMT-E	Canada (Bell, Rogers)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Ghana (Surfline), Zambia (MTN, Zamtel)	Australia (Optus, Telstra), New Zealand (Spark) (in Trial)
08	FDD	900	E-GSM	No	No	Czech Republic (Vodafone (temporary)^[5]^[6]), Netherlands (T-Mobile), Slovenia (Telekom Slovenije), Sweden (Net4Mobility)	Japan (SoftBank), South Korea (KT), Taiwan (CHT, Taiwan Star Telecom, Ambit (planned)), Thailand (TrueMove H)	(no deployments)	(no deployments)
09	FDD	1800		No	No	No	Japan (SoftBank, NTT Docomo) (compatible with band 3)^[7]^[8]	No	No
10	FDD	1700	EAWS A-I	(no deployments)	(no deployments)	No	No	No	No
11	FDD	1500	LPDC	No	No	No	Japan (au)	No	No
12	FDD	700	LSMH A/B/C	Canada (Bell), Guam (iConnect, IT&E Overseas), Northern Marianna Islands (IT&E Overseas, USA (AT&T, T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular, Regional carriers)	No	No	No	No	Kiribati (TSKL)
13	FDD	700	USMH C	USA (Verizon), Canada (Bell, EastLink, Feenix, MTS, SaskTel, Telus, Vidéotron) (planned)	Bolivia (Entel), Puerto Rico (Open Mobile), Turks and Caicos Islands (C&W LIME)	No	No	No	No
14	FDD	700	USMH D	USA (Public Safety)	No	No	No	No	No
17	FDD	700	LSMH B/C	Bolivia (Tigo, Canada (Rogers), Guam NTT DoCoMo, USA (AT&T, T-Mobile^[9]^[10] )	Antigua & Barbuda (Digicel), Bahamas (BTC), Cayman Islands (C&W LIME), Dominica (Digicel), Turks and Caicos Islands (Digicel), Puerto Rico (Claro)	No	No	No	No
18	FDD	800		No	No	No	Japan (au) (to be replaced by band 26)	No	No
19	FDD	800		No	No	No	Japan (NTT Docomo) (to be replaced by band 26)	No	No
20	FDD	800	EUDD	No	No	Yes	Kuwait (Ooredoo), Qatar (Ooredoo, Vodafone), UAE (du)	Yes	New Caledonia (OPT)
21	FDD	1500	UPDC	No	No	No	Japan (NTT Docomo)	No	No
22	FDD	3500		No	No	(no deployments)	No	No	No
23	FDD	2000	S-Band	USA (DISH) (no deployments)	No	No	No	No	No
24	FDD	1600	L-Band	USA (LightSquared) (no deployments)	No	No	No	No	No
25	FDD	1900	EPCS A-G	USA (Sprint)	(no deployments)	No	No	No	No
26	FDD	850	ECLR	USA (Sprint)	(no deployments)	No	(no deployments)	(no deployments)	(no deployments)
27	FDD	800	SMR	(no deployments)	(no deployments)	No	(no deployments)	(no deployments)	(no deployments)
28	FDD	700	APT	No	Panama (+Movil, Claro, Movistar)	(no deployments)	Japan (au, NTT docomo, Softbank (planned)), Taiwan (APT, FarEasTone, Taiwan Mobile, Ambit Microsystems Corp (planned))	(no deployments)	Australia (Optus, Telstra), New Zealand (Vodafone, Spark), Papua New Guinea (Digicel)
29	FDD	700	LSMH D/E	USA (AT&T, DISH) (no deployments)	No	No	No	No	No
30	FDD	2300	WCS A/B	USA (AT&T) (no deployments)	No	No	No	No	No
31	FDD	450		No	(no deployments)	Finland (Ukko Mobile)	(no deployments)	(no deployments)	(no deployments)
32	FDD	1400	L-Band	No	(no deployments)	(no deployments)	(no deployments)	(no deployments)	(no deployments)
33	TDD	2100	IMT	No	(no deployments)	(no deployments)	(no deployments)	(no deployments)	(no deployments)
34	TDD	2100	IMT	No	(no deployments)	(no deployments)	(no deployments)	(no deployments)	(no deployments)
35	TDD	1900	PCS	(no deployments)	(no deployments)	No	No	No	No
36	TDD	1900	PCS	(no deployments)	(no deployments)	No	No	No	No
37	TDD	1900	PCS	(no deployments)	(no deployments)	No	No	No	No
38	TDD	2600	IMT-E	Canada (SaskTel)	Brazil (On Telecom, SKY Brasil), Colombia (DirecTV), Dominican Republic (WIND Telecom)	Yes	Saudi Arabia (Mobily, Zain), Sri Lanka (SLT)	Ghana (Blu), Uganda (MTN, Vodafone)	No
39	TDD	1900		No	No	No	China (China Mobile)	No	No
40	TDD	2300		Canada (Telus)	(no deployments)	Lithuania (mezon), Russia (Tele2, Vainah Telecom)	Yes	South Africa (Telkom), Tanzania (Smart)	Australia (NBN Co, Optus), Vanuatu (WanTok)
41	TDD	2500	BRS/EBS	USA (Sprint, Redzone Wireless, SpeedConnect, nTelos (in Trial)), Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT)	No	No	China (China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom), India (BSNL), Japan (KDDI (UQ), SoftBank (WCP)), Philippines (Globe)	Madagascar (Blueline)	No
42	TDD	3500		Canada (ABC Communications, Bell Mobility, CGI Wireless, Telus, Xplornet)	Chile (Entel) (in Trial)	Belgium (b-lite), Spain NEO-SKY, United Kingdom (UK Broadband)	Bahrain (Menatelecom), Philippines (PLDT), Japan (au, NTT DoCoMo, SoftBank (planned))	No	No
43	TDD	3700		No	No	United Kingdom (UK Broadband)	No	No	No
44	TDD	700	APT	No	No	No	China (in Trial)	No	No
45	TDD	1500		No	No	No	China (no deployments)	No	No
65	FDD	2100	EIMT	No	(no deployments)	(no deployments)	(no deployments)	(no deployments)	(no deployments)
66	FDD	1700	EAWS A-J	USA (AT&T, DISH, T-Mobile, Verizon), Canada (Bell, EastLink, Telus, Vidéotron, Wind) (no deployments)	(no deployments)	No	No	No	No
not assigned	FDD	1700	AWS-3 A1/B1	USA (DISH) (no deployments)	No	No	No	No	No
not assigned	FDD	1900	EPCS H	USA (DISH) (no deployments)	No	No	No	No	No
E-UTRA Band	Duplex- Mode	ƒ (MHz)	Common name	North America	Latin America	Europe	Asia	Africa	Oceania

References

^ 3GPP TS 36.101 E-UTRA: User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception
^ 3GPP LTE Standards Update
^ RTR - LTE Bands Overview
^ Downlink frequency range 2180 – 2200 MHz is restricted to when Carrier Aggregation is configured.
^ "Vodafone CR sets out stall to blanket over 50% of country with 3G/LTE by 1Q14". TeleGeography. 2013-11-06. Retrieved 2013-12-12.
^ "Vodafone's Czech unit extends LTE-900 coverage". TeleGeography. 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2013-12-12.
^ A subset of band 3, band 9 is intended for exclusive usage in Japan and is called "1700 MHz band" there. Devices that support E-UTRA band 3 also support band 9.
^ "LTE Frequency Band Notes". radio-electronics.com. 2013-09-29. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
^ T-Mobile has acquired Band 17 licenses in the Bismarck, ND area.
^ "Spectrum Omega Spectrum License Ownership Map". sequence-omega.net. 2016-02-01. Retrieved 2016-03-21.

[1] 3GPP TS 36.101 E-UTRA: User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception

[2] 3GPP LTE Standards Update

[3] RTR - LTE Bands Overview

[4] Downlink frequency range 2180 – 2200 MHz is restricted to when Carrier Aggregation is configured.

[5] "Vodafone CR sets out stall to blanket over 50% of country with 3G/LTE by 1Q14". TeleGeography. 2013-11-06. Retrieved 2013-12-12.

[6] "Vodafone's Czech unit extends LTE-900 coverage". TeleGeography. 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2013-12-12.

[Band_3/9_JP_Note-7] A subset of band 3, band 9 is intended for exclusive usage in Japan and is called "1700 MHz band" there. Devices that support E-UTRA band 3 also support band 9.

[Band_3/9_JP-8] "LTE Frequency Band Notes". radio-electronics.com. 2013-09-29. Retrieved 2013-09-29.

[T-Mobile_Band_17_Note-9] T-Mobile has acquired Band 17 licenses in the Bismarck, ND area.

[Band_17_T-Mobile-10] "Spectrum Omega Spectrum License Ownership Map". sequence-omega.net. 2016-02-01. Retrieved 2016-03-21.

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