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850 MHz
Jun 06, 2025
by Catherine Viola

850 MHz is a legacy mobile band used in the Americas and the Asia-Pacific. The band is increasingly being refarmed for 5G as operators shutter their 2G and 3G networks. Read more...

850 MHz (2024)
Jul 10, 2024
by Mirva Villa

Originally licensed in the 1980s for CDMA services, 850 MHz spectrum has progressively been repurposed for use by 4G and 5G, enabling the shutdown of legacy 2G and 3G networks. It is mainly used in the Americas and Asia and uses similar spectrum to the 800 MHz band which is… Read more...

850 MHz (2023)
May 19, 2023
by Mirva Villa

Originally licensed in the 1980s for CDMA services, 850 MHz spectrum has progressively been repurposed for use by 4G and 5G, enabling the shutdown of legacy 2G and 3G networks. It is mainly used in the Americas and Asia and uses similar spectrum to the 800 MHz band which is… Read more...

850 MHz (2022)
Jun 29, 2022
by Dianne Northfield

Originally licensed in the 1980s for CDMA services, 850 MHz spectrum has progressively been repurposed for use by 4G and 5G, enabling the shutdown of legacy 2G and 3G networks. It is mainly used in the Americas and Asia and uses similar spectrum to the 800 MHz band which is… Read more...

850 MHz (2021)
Apr 07, 2021
by Toby Youell

A mostly 3G band, mostly used in the Americas, with potential in North America for 5G services. Read more...

800 MHz (2020)
Jan 16, 2020
by Toby Youell

800 MHz is mostly used in ITU 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...

850 MHz (2020)
Jan 16, 2020
by Toby Youell

A mostly 3G band, mostly used in the Americas, with potential in North America for 5G services. Read more...

Overview of current mobile bands (2019)
Oct 09, 2018
by Toby Youell

The most important LTE band in most countries remains the 1800 MHz band. This role is taken by the AWS Bands in the Americas, which also has extensive use of the 1900 MHz band for 4G. The rest of the world has widespread 4G use of the 800 MHz and… Read more...

850 MHz (2019)
Sep 27, 2018
by Toby Youell

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

850 MHz (2017 entry)
Sep 09, 2016
by PolicyTracker

A popular 2G and 3G band with some 4G usage. Read more...