# LTE frequency bands

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

## Frequency bands

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, the following table lists the specified frequency bands of LTE and the channel bandwidths each band supports.
| Band | Duplex mode | ƒ (MHz) | Common name | Subset of band | Uplink (MHz) | Downlink (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 | 74 | 1427.9 – 1447.9 | 1475.9 – 1495.9 | 48 | 5, 10 | Japan |
| 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 | 26 | 815 – 830 | 860 – 875 | 45 | 5, 10, 15 | Japan |
| 19 | FDD | 850 | Upper 800 | 5, 26 | 830 – 845 | 875 – 890 | 45 | 5, 10, 15 | Japan |
| 20 | FDD | 800 | Digital Dividend | | 832 – 862 | 791 – 821 | −41 | 5, 10, 15, 20 | EU |
| 21 | FDD | 1500 | Upper PDC | 74 | 1447.9 – 1462.9 | 1495.9 – 1510.9 | 48 | 5, 10, 15 | Japan |
| 24 | FDD | 1600 | Upper L‑Band | | 1626.5 – 1660.5 | 1525 – 1559 | −101.5 or −120.5 | 5, 10 | US |
| 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 | 75 | — | 1452 – 1496 | — | 5, 10, 15, 20 | EU |
| 34 | TDD | 2000 | IMT | | 2010 – 2025 | 2010 – 2025 | — | 5, 10, 15 | |
| 37 | TDD | 1900 | PCS | | 1910 – 1930 | 1910 – 1930 | — | 5, 10, 15, 20 | PCS Duplex Spacing |
| 38 | TDD | 2600 | IMT-E | 41 | 2570 – 2620 | 2570 – 2620 | — | 5, 10, 15, 20 | IMT-E Duplex Spacing |
| 39 | TDD | 1900 | DCS–IMT Gap | | 1880 – 1920 | 1880 – 1920 | — | 5, 10, 15, 20 | |
| 40 | TDD | 2300 | S-Band | | 2300 – 2400 | 2300 – 2400 | — | 5, 10, 15, 20 | |
| 41 | TDD | 2500 | BRS | | 2496 – 2690 | 2496 – 2690 | — | 5, 10, 15, 20 | US |
| 42 | TDD | 3500 | CBRS | | 3400 – 3600 | 3400 – 3600 | — | 5, 10, 15, 20 | EU, Japan |
| 43 | TDD | 3700 | C-Band | | 3600 – 3800 | 3600 – 3800 | — | 5, 10, 15, 20 | |
| 46 | TDD | 5200 | U-NII-1–4 | | 5150 – 5925 | 5150 – 5925 | — | 10, 20 | LAA |
| 47 | TDD | 5900 | U-NII-4 | 46 | 5855 – 5925 | 5855 – 5925 | — | 10, 20 | V2X |
| 48 | TDD | 3500 | CBRS | | 3550 – 3700 | 3550 – 3700 | — | 5, 10, 15, 20 | US |
| 50 | TDD | 1500 | L‑Band | 45 | 1432 – 1517 | 1432 – 1517 | — | 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 | EU |
| 51 | TDD | 1500 | L‑Band Extension | | 1427 – 1432 | 1427 – 1432 | — | 3, 5 | EU |
| 53 | TDD | 2400 | S-Band | | 2483.5 – 2495 | 2483.5 – 2495 | — | 1.4, 3, 5, 10 | |
| 54 | TDD | 1600 | L-Band | | 1670 – 1675 | 1670 – 1675 | — | 1.4, 3, 5 | |
| 65 | FDD | 2100 | Extended IMT | | 1920 – 2010 | 2110 – 2200 | 190 | 1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 | |
| 66 | FDD | 1700 | Extended AWS | | 1710 – 1780 | 2110 – 2200 | 400 | 1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 | AWS‑1–3 |
| 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 | | 1695 – 1710 | 1995 – 2020 | 300 or 295 | 5, 10, 15, 20 | AWS‑2–4 |
| 71 | FDD | 600 | Digital Dividend | | 663 – 698 | 617 – 652 | −46 | 5, 10, 15, 20 | US |
| 72 | FDD | 450 | PMR | | 451 – 456 | 461 – 466 | 10 | 1.4, 3, 5 | EU |
| 73 | FDD | 450 | PMR | | 450 – 455 | 460 – 465 | 10 | 1.4, 3, 5 | APT |
| 74 | FDD | 1500 | Lower L‑Band | | 1427 – 1470 | 1475 – 1518 | 48 | 1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 | US |
| 75 | SDL | 1500 | L‑Band | | — | 1432 – 1517 | — | 5, 10, 15, 20 | EU |
| 76 | SDL | 1500 | L‑Band Extension | | — | 1427 – 1432 | — | 5 | EU |
| 85 | FDD | 700 | Extended Lower SMH | 12 | 698 – 716 | 728 – 746 | 30 | 5, 10 | |
| 87 | FDD | 410 | PMR | | 410 – 415 | 420 – 425 | 10 | 1.4, 3, 5 | APT |
| 88 | FDD | 410 | PMR | | 412 – 417 | 422 – 427 | 10 | 1.4, 3, 5 | EU |
| 103 | FDD | 700 | Upper SMH | | 787 – 788 | 757 – 758 | -30 | | |
| 106 | FDD | 900 | LMR | | 896 – 901 | 935 – 940 | 39 | 1.4, 3 | US |
| 107 | SDO | 600 | UHF | 108 | — | 612 – 652 | — | 6, 7, 8 | |
| 108 | SDO | 500 | UHF | | — | 470 – 698 | — | 6, 7, 8 | |
* ↑ Carrier aggregation only

## Obsolete frequency bands

These bands were defined by the 3GPP, but have never been deployed commercially, supported by commercial devices or are no longer used.
| Band | Duplex mode | ƒ (MHz) | Common name | Subset of band | Uplink (MHz) | Downlink (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 | 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 | US |
| 33 | TDD | 1900 | IMT | 39 | 1900 – 1920 | 1900 – 1920 | — | 5, 10, 15, 20 | |
| 35 | TDD | 1900 | PCS | | 1850 – 1910 | 1850 – 1910 | — | 1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 | PCS Uplink |
| 36 | TDD | 1900 | PCS | | 1930 – 1990 | 1930 – 1990 | — | 1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 | PCS Downlink |
| 44 | TDD | 700 | APT | | 703 – 803 | 703 – 803 | — | 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 | |
| 45 | TDD | 1500 | L-Band | 50 | 1447 – 1467 | 1447 – 1467 | — | 5, 10, 15, 20 | |
| 49 | TDD | 3500 | C-Band | 48 | 3550 – 3700 | 3550 – 3700 | — | 10, 20 | |
| 52 | TDD | 3300 | C-Band | | 3300 – 3400 | 3300 – 3400 | — | 5, 10, 15, 20 | |
| 68 | FDD | 700 | ME 700 | | 698 – 728 | 753 – 783 | 55 | 5, 10, 15 | MEA |
| 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 |

## Deployments by region

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 | ƒ (MHz) | Common Name | North America | Central and South America | Caribbean | Europe | Africa | Asia | Oceania |
| 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 | Argentina, Brazil, 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 | Argentina, Brazil, Peru (Bitel) | British Virgin Islands, Cuba (ETECSA) | 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), UK (Vodafone, 3) | — | — | — |
| 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), Taiwan (Gt) | — |
| 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), Ukraine (Kyivstar) | 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 | — | — | United Kingdom (EE) | | | |
| 48 | TDD | 3500 | CBRS | USA | — | — | No | No | No | No |
| 65 | FDD | 2100 | E-IMT | No | — | — | EAN (T-Mobile, Inmarsat) | — | — | — |
| 66 | FDD | 1700 | E-AWS | Yes | Argentina (Personal) | — | No | No | No | No |
| 71 | FDD | 600 | USDD | Canada (Telus, Rogers), USA (C Spire, T-Mobile) | — | — | No | No | No | No |
* ↑ Frequency-division duplexing (FDD); time-division duplexing (TDD)
* 1 2 3 ITU Region 2
* 1 2 ITU Region 1
* 1 2 ITU Region 3