Mobile vies with other services to use this 4G/5G band; Europe is studying extending the 40 MHz block that it has already harmonised for this service. Read more...

This Americas-only band is being refarmed from 2G/3G to 4G, it is better known as the Personal Communication Services (PCS) band. Read more...

The world’s most popular 4G band, especially in Regions 1 and 3. Read more...

A mostly 3G band, mostly used in the Americas. Read more...

GSM-based 2G services use this band across Europe, Africa, and Asia. The band is set to be refarmed for 4G services over the long-term. Read more...

This band is mostly used in Region 1 for 4G as part of the digital dividend that came from the analogue television switch-off. It has limited use in other regions. Read more...

This band has been identified in Europe as a pioneer 5G band, and had previously been described as the first global 4G band. Both of these visions may be coming to fruition as regulators steadily award the band for mobile. Read more...

An innovative incentive auction gave mobile operators access to this band in the USA in 2017, but lukewarm interest from operators and opposition from incumbent broadcasters are limiting its adoption elsewhere. Read more...

4G LTE equipment can use the band, but it has not been licensed or deployed in many places. Given its propagation characteristics, some operators are planning wide-area LTE-based machine-to-machine communications, especially for the utilities sector. Read more...

Westminster City Council, the local authority for the City of Westminster in central London, is working with infrastructure firm Ontix to deploy small cell nodes on street furniture (such as lampposts) to improve connectivity in some of the busiest parts of the city. Read more...