LTE frequency bands

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, TS 36.104 and TS 36.106, the following table lists the specified frequency bands of LTE and the channel bandwidths each band supports. Band numbers can be written prefixed by a "b" as in "b66" for band 66.

Frequency bands for satellite access

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 36.102 and TS 36.108, the following table lists the specified frequency bands of LTE and the channel bandwidths each band supports for satellite access.

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. Partial deployments varies from country to country and the details are available at List of LTE networks.

Networks on LTE bands 7, 28 are suitable for global roaming in ITU Regions 1, 2 and 3.
Networks on LTE bands 1, 3 are suitable for roaming in ITU Regions 1, 3 and partially Region 2.
Networks on LTE band 20 are suitable for roaming in ITU Region 1 only.
Networks on LTE band 5 are suitable for roaming in ITU Regions 2 and 3.
Networks on LTE bands 38, 40 may allow global roaming in the future.
Networks on LTE band 8 may allow roaming suitable for roaming in ITU Regions 1, 3 and partially Region 2 in the future.
Networks on LTE bands 2 and 4 are suitable for roaming in ITU Region 2 only.

Band	Duplex Mode	ƒ	Common Name	North America	Central and South America	Caribbean	Europe	Africa	Asia	Oceania
01	FDD	2100	IMT		Brazil, Costa Rica	Cuba		South Africa, Namibia, Kenya		Australia, New Zealand, French Polynesia
02	FDD	1900	PCS
03	FDD	1800	DCS		Brazil, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela	Aruba, Cayman Islands,, Cuba, Dominican Republic				French Polynesia, New Zealand, New Caledonia
04	FDD	1700	AWS
05	FDD	850	CLR		Argentina, Brazil, Guatemala	Barbados, Bermuda, Dominican Republic		Malawi	Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, China, Uzbekistan	Australia
07	FDD	2600	IMT-E	Canada, Mexico		Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Barthelemy, Saint Martin, Dominican Republic		Ghana, Zambia		Australia, New Zealand, French Polynesia
08	FDD	900	E-GSM		Argentina, Brazil, Peru	British Virgin Islands, Cuba		Nigeria, South Africa		Australia, New Zealand
11	FDD	1500	LPDC						Japan
12	FDD	700	LSMH	Canada, USA	Bolivia, Belize					Kiribati
13	FDD	700	USMH	Canada, USA	Bolivia, Belize				Uzbekistan
14	FDD	700	USMH	USA		Barbados
17	FDD	700	LSMH	Canada, USA	Bolivia, Belize
18	FDD	800	L800						Japan
19	FDD	800	U800						Japan
20	FDD	800	EUDD			Guadeloupe, Martinique, Haiti			Kazakhstan, Nepal, Iran	Fiji, French Polynesia, New Caledonia
21	FDD	1500	UPDC						Japan
25	FDD	1900	E-PCS	Canada, USA
26	FDD	850	E-CLR	USA					Japan	Australia
28	FDD	700	APT	Mexico		Cuba, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago		Nigeria, Kenya
29	SDL	700	LSMH	USA, Canada
30	FDD	2300	WCS	USA, Canada
31	FDD	450	NMT				Denmark, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden		Armenia, Indonesia, Philippines
32	SDL	1500	L‑Band				Italy, UK, Germany, Latvia
38	TDD	2600	IMT-E	Canada, Mexico	Brazil, Colombia	Dominican Republic		Namibia	Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Iran, Taiwan
39	TDD	1900	DCS–IMT Gap						China
40	TDD	2300	S-Band				Latvia, Lithuania, United Kingdom, Russia, Ukraine	Zambia
41	TDD	2500	BRS	USA, Canada		Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago	Russia	Madagascar	China, Japan, SoftBank ), Philippines, India
42	TDD	3500	C-Band	Canada	Chile, Argentina, Colombia		Slovakia		Iran, Japan
43	TDD	3700	C-Band	Canada	Argentina		Slovakia		Iran MTN Irancell
46	TDD	5200	U-NII-1–4	USA			United Kingdom
48	TDD	3500	CBRS	USA
65	FDD	2100	E-IMT				EAN
66	FDD	1700	E-AWS		Argentina
71	FDD	600	USDD	Canada, USA