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GSM frequency bands

May 5, 2020

GSM frequency bands 

(Global System for Mobile Communications)

 

GSM frequency bands or frequency ranges are the cellular frequencies designated by the ITU for the operation of GSM mobile phones and other mobile devices. -- Quoted from Wikipedia

 

 
GSM band ƒ (MHz) Uplink (MHz)
(mobile to base)		 Downlink (MHz)
(base to mobile)		 Channel numbers Equivalent
LTE band		 Regional deployments
T-GSM-380[a] 380 380.2 – 389.8 390.2 – 399.8 dynamic None None
T-GSM-410[a] 410 410.2 – 419.8 420.2 – 429.8 dynamic None None
GSM-450 450 450.6 – 457.6 460.6 – 467.6 259–293 31 None
GSM-480 480 479.0 – 486.0 489.0 – 496.0 306–340 None None
GSM-710 710 698.2 – 716.2 728.2 – 746.2 dynamic 12 None
GSM-750 750 777.2 – 792.2 747.2 – 762.2 438–511 None None
T-GSM-810[a] 810 806.2 – 821.2 851.2 – 866.2 dynamic 27 None
GSM-850 850 824.2 – 848.8 869.2 – 893.8 128–251 5 CALA,[b] NAR[c]
P-GSM-900[d] 900 890.0 – 915.0 935.0 – 960.0 1–124 8 (subset) None
deprecated
E-GSM-900[e] 900 880.0 – 915.0 925.0 – 960.0 0–124, 975–1023 8 APAC,[f] EMEA[g]
R-GSM-900[h] 900 876.0 – 915.0 921.0 – 960.0 0–124, 955–1023 ? APAC,[f] EMEA[g]
used for GSM-R
T-GSM-900[a] 900 870.4 – 876.0 915.4 – 921.0 dynamic None None
DCS-1800[i] 1800 1710.2 – 1784.8 1805.2 – 1879.8 512–885 3 APAC,[f] EMEA[g]
PCS-1900[j] 1900 1850.2 – 1909.8 1930.2 – 1989.8 512–810 2 CALA,[b] NAR[c]

 

 

  1. ^ Jump up to:a b c d T-GSM is Trunking-GSM.
  2. ^ Jump up to:a b CALA: Canada, US, Caribbean, and Latin America
  3. ^ Jump up to:a b NAR: North American Region
  4. ^ P-GSM is the standard or primary GSM-900 band
  5. ^ E-GSM is the extended GSM-900 band: a superset of the standard GSM-900 band.
  6. ^ Jump up to:a b c APAC: Asia-Pacific
  7. ^ Jump up to:a b c EMEA: Europe, the Middle East and Africa
  8. ^ R-GSM, or GSM-R, is the Railways GSM-900 band, which also includes the standard and extended GSM-900 bands.
  9. ^ DCS: Digital Cellular System
  10. ^ PCS: Personal Communications Service