E-UTRA operating band
Uplink (UL) BS receive UE transmit
(MHz) Downlink (DL) BS transmit UE receive (MHz)
Duplex mode
Channel bandwidths (MHz)
Common name
Frequency band (MHz) Duplex spacing (MHz)
31 452.5– 457.5 462.5– 467.5 FDD 450 10
not assigned 1,915– 1,920 1,995– 2,000 FDD AWS-2 1,900 80
not assigned 1,755– 1,780 2,155– 2,180 FDD AWS-3 1,700 400
33 1,900– 1,920 TDD 5, 10, 15, 20 IMT 2,100
34 2,010– 2,025 TDD 5, 10, 15 IMT 2,100
35 1,850– 1,910 TDD
1.4, 3, 5, 10,
15, 20
PCS (Uplink) 1,900
36 1,930– 1,990 TDD
1.4, 3, 5, 10,
15, 20
PCS (Downlink) 1,900
37 1,910– 1,930 TDD 5, 10, 15, 20 PCS (Duplex spacing) 1,900
38 2,570– 2,620 TDD 5, 10, 15, 20 IMT-E 2,600
E-UTRA operating band
Uplink (UL) BS receive UE transmit
(MHz) Downlink (DL) BS transmit UE receive (MHz)
Duplex mode
Channel bandwidths (MHz)
Common name
Frequency band (MHz) Duplex spacing (MHz)
39 1,880– 1,920 TDD 5, 10, 15, 20 1,900
40 2,300– 2,400 TDD 5, 10, 15, 20 2,300
41 2,496– 2,690 TDD 5, 10, 15, 20 BRS / EBS 2,500
42 3,400– 3,600 TDD 5, 10, 15, 20 3,500
43 3,600– 3,800 TDD 5, 10, 15, 20 3,700
44 703– 803 TDD 5, 10, 15, 20 APAC 700
Deployments by region[edit]
The following table shows the standardized LTE bands and their regional use. The main LTE bands are in bold 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.
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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.
Operating band
Common name
North America
Latin America
Frequency band Europe
Asia Africa Oceania
01 2100 IMT No No
Sweden (3)
Angola (Unitel),
Yes
South
deployments)
Africa (Cell C)
(no
02 1900
PCS A-USA (C Spire)
F
Dominican Republic (Tricom), Paraguay (Personal)
No No No No
03 1800 DCS No
Dominican Republic (Orange), Venezuela (Digitel GSM)
Yes Yes Yes Yes
04 1700
USA
(AT&T, T-Mobile, BendBroadband
AWS A-, Big River Broadband, C F Spire, Leap,Verizon), Canada
(Bell, Eastlink, MTS, Rogers, Telus, SaskTel)
Argentina (Movistar) (in Trial), Mexico (Telcel), Paraguay
(Copaco), Peru (Movistar) (in Trial), Uruguay (Ancel)
No
No
No
No
Operating band
Frequency band
Common name
North America
Latin America
Europe
Asia Africa Oceania
05 850 CLR (no deployments) (no deployments) No
South
Korea (LG U+, SK Telecom)
No
(no
deployments)
06 800 No No No
replaced by band 19
No No
Brazil
07
2600
IMT-E
Canada (Bell, Rogers)
(Claro, Oi, TIM, Vivo), Chile (Claro), Colombia (Une-EPM), Costa Rica (ICE Celular)
Yes
Yes
Australia, New
(no
Zealand
deploymen
(no
ts)
deployments)
Sweden
08
900
E-GSM
No
No
Australia
South
(Net4Modeploymen(Telstra) (in
Korea (KT)
Trial) bility) ts)
(no
09 1700 No No No
Japan
(EMOBILE) (to be
replaced by
No No
Operating band
Frequency band
Common name
North America
Latin America
Europe
Asia Africa Oceania
band 3)
10 1700
EAWS A-G
(no deployments) (no deployments) No No No No
11 1500 LPDC No No No Japan (au) No No
12 700
LSMH A/B/C
USA (Regional) No No No No No
13 700 USMH C USA (Verizon) Bolivia (Entel Bolivia) No
Uzbekistan (UCell)
No No
14 700 USMH D USA (Public Safety) No No No No No
15 No No Reserved No No No
16 No No Reserved No No No