LTE Bands by Country 2025
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Country | # of Long-Term Evolution (LTE) Bands↓ | Band Names | 4G Penetration 2021 | |
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 | United States | 12 | B2 (1900 PCS) B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1) LTE B5 (850) LTE B12 (700 ac) LTE B13 (700 c) LTE B17 (700 bc) LTE B25 (1900 +) LTE B26 (850 +) LTE B30 (2300 WCS) LTE B41 (TD 2500) LTE B66 (1700/2100) LTE B71 (600) | 97.1% |
 | Canada | 9 | B2 (1900 PCS) B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1) LTE B5 (850) B7 (2600) LTE B12 (700 ac) LTE B13 (700 c) LTE B17 (700 bc) LTE B29 (700 de) LTE B66 (1700/2100) | 91.9% |
 | Japan | 8 | B1 (2100) B8 (900) LTE B18 (800 Lower) LTE B21 (1500 Upper) LTE B28 (700 APT) LTE B41 (TD 2500) B9 (1800) B11 (1500) | 100% |
 | Australia | 6 | B1 (2100) B3 (1800 +) LTE B5 (850) B7 (2600) LTE B28 (700 APT) LTE B40 (TD 2300) | 88.5% |
 | China | 5 | B3 (1800 +) LTE B38 (TD 2600) LTE B39 (TD 1900 +) LTE B40 (TD 2300) LTE B41 (TD 2500) | 82.5% |
 | Philippines | 5 | B1 (2100) B3 (1800 +) LTE B5 (850) B7 (2600) LTE B41 (TD 2500) | 80.5% |
 | France | 5 | B1 (2100) B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) LTE B20 (800 DD) LTE B28 (700 APT) | 89.1% |
 | South Korea | 5 | B1 (2100) B3 (1800 +) LTE B5 (850) B7 (2600) B8 (900) | 99.2% |
 | Sweden | 5 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) B8 (900) LTE B20 (800 DD) LTE B38 (TD 2600) | 90.1% |
 | Czech Republic | 5 | B1 (2100) B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) B8 (900) LTE B20 (800 DD) | 91.9% |
 | Indonesia | 4 | B3 (1800 +) LTE B5 (850) B8 (900) LTE B40 (TD 2300) | 77.6% |
 | United Kingdom | 4 | B1 (2100) B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) LTE B20 (800 DD) | 91.3% |
 | Poland | 4 | B1 (2100) B3 (1800 +) LTE B20 (800 DD) LTE B38 (TD 2600) | 89.1% |
 | Saudi Arabia | 4 | B1 (2100) B3 (1800 +) LTE B38 (TD 2600) LTE B40 (TD 2300) | 79.2% |
 | Taiwan | 4 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) B8 (900) LTE B28 (700 APT) | 94.5% |
 | Romania | 4 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) LTE B20 (800 DD) LTE B38 (TD 2600) | 86.6% |
 | Netherlands | 4 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) B8 (900) LTE B20 (800 DD) | 96.6% |
 | Hong Kong | 4 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) B8 (900) LTE B40 (TD 2300) | 93.8% |
 | Puerto Rico | 4 | B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1) LTE B13 (700 c) LTE B17 (700 bc) LTE B25 (1900 +) | 89.8% |
 | Slovenia | 4 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) B8 (900) LTE B20 (800 DD) | 88% |
 | Estonia | 4 | B1 (2100) B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) LTE B20 (800 DD) | 92.9% |
 | Guam | 4 | B2 (1900 PCS) B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1) LTE B12 (700 ac) LTE B17 (700 bc) | |
 | India | 3 | B3 (1800 +) LTE B5 (850) LTE B40 (TD 2300) | 80.6% |
 | Bangladesh | 3 | B1 (2100) B3 (1800 +) B8 (900) | 66.7% |
 | Russia | 3 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) LTE B20 (800 DD) | 79.1% |
 | Iran | 3 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) LTE B40 (TD 2300) | |
 | Germany | 3 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) LTE B20 (800 DD) | 92.5% |
 | South Africa | 3 | B1 (2100) B3 (1800 +) LTE B40 (TD 2300) | 83.1% |
 | Italy | 3 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) LTE B20 (800 DD) | 90.1% |
 | Uganda | 3 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) LTE B20 (800 DD) | |
 | Bolivia | 3 | B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1) LTE B13 (700 c) LTE B17 (700 bc) | 58.4% |
 | Dominican Republic | 3 | B2 (1900 PCS) B3 (1800 +) B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1) | 78.4% |
 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) LTE B20 (800 DD) | 91.5% |
 | Tajikistan | 3 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) LTE B20 (800 DD) | |
 | Portugal | 3 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) LTE B20 (800 DD) | 87.2% |
 | Greece | 3 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) LTE B20 (800 DD) | 86.9% |
 | Hungary | 3 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) LTE B20 (800 DD) | 90% |
 | Austria | 3 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) LTE B20 (800 DD) | 88.8% |
 | Switzerland | 3 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) LTE B20 (800 DD) | 94.6% |
 | Denmark | 3 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) LTE B20 (800 DD) | 94.8% |
 | Singapore | 3 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) B8 (900) | 94.1% |
 | Finland | 3 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) LTE B20 (800 DD) | 92.5% |
 | Norway | 3 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) LTE B20 (800 DD) | 94.1% |
 | Slovakia | 3 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) LTE B20 (800 DD) | 88.9% |
 | Qatar | 3 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) LTE B20 (800 DD) | 91.9% |
 | Moldova | 3 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) LTE B20 (800 DD) | 68.4% |
 | Lithuania | 3 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) LTE B20 (800 DD) | 93.1% |
 | Latvia | 3 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) LTE B20 (800 DD) | 88.4% |
 | Belize | 3 | B2 (1900 PCS) LTE B5 (850) LTE B13 (700 c) | |
 | Jersey | 3 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) LTE B20 (800 DD) | |
 | San Marino | 3 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) LTE B20 (800 DD) | |
 | Pakistan | 2 | B3 (1800 +) LTE B5 (850) | 75.9% |
 | Brazil | 2 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) | 67.5% |
 | Mexico | 2 | B2 (1900 PCS) B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1) | 73% |
 | Kenya | 2 | B3 (1800 +) LTE B20 (800 DD) | 65.9% |
 | Colombia | 2 | B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1) B7 (2600) | 63.1% |
 | Spain | 2 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) | 84.6% |
 | Morocco | 2 | B3 (1800 +) LTE B20 (800 DD) | 79.7% |
 | Malaysia | 2 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) | 81.7% |
 | Peru | 2 | B2 (1900 PCS) B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1) | 72.5% |
 | Venezuela | 2 | B3 (1800 +) B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1) | |
 | Sri Lanka | 2 | B3 (1800 +) LTE B40 (TD 2300) | 77.8% |
 | Chile | 2 | B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1) B7 (2600) | 70.5% |
 | Guatemala | 2 | B2 (1900 PCS) LTE B5 (850) | 76.7% |
 | Ecuador | 2 | B2 (1900 PCS) B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1) | 57.7% |
 | Cambodia | 2 | B3 (1800 +) LTE B5 (850) | 81.8% |
 | Belgium | 2 | B3 (1800 +) LTE B20 (800 DD) | 94.4% |
 | Belarus | 2 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) | 48% |
 | Paraguay | 2 | B2 (1900 PCS) B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1) | 67.9% |
 | Oman | 2 | B3 (1800 +) LTE B40 (TD 2300) | 76.9% |
 | Ireland | 2 | B3 (1800 +) LTE B20 (800 DD) | 76.9% |
 | New Zealand | 2 | B3 (1800 +) LTE B28 (700 APT) | 81% |
 | Costa Rica | 2 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) | 69.5% |
 | Kuwait | 2 | B3 (1800 +) LTE B20 (800 DD) | 71.8% |
 | Panama | 2 | B2 (1900 PCS) LTE B28 (700 APT) | 73% |
 | Croatia | 2 | B3 (1800 +) LTE B20 (800 DD) | 85.4% |
 | Georgia | 2 | B3 (1800 +) LTE B20 (800 DD) | 83.4% |
 | Uruguay | 2 | B2 (1900 PCS) B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1) | 70.4% |
 | Albania | 2 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) | 79.4% |
 | Fiji | 2 | B3 (1800 +) LTE B20 (800 DD) | |
 | Macau | 2 | B3 (1800 +)| LTE B40 (TD 2300) | |
 | Montenegro | 2 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) | |
 | Maldives | 2 | B3 (1800 +) B7 (2600) | |
 | Iceland | 2 | B3 (1800 +) LTE B20 (800 DD) | 86% |
 | Isle of Man | 2 | B3 (1800 +) LTE B20 (800 DD) | |
 | Cayman Islands | 2 | B3 (1800 +) LTE B17 (700 bc) | |
 | Dominica | 2 | B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1) LTE B17 (700 bc) | |
 | Gibraltar | 2 | B7 (2600) LTE B20 (800 DD) | |
 | Monaco | 2 | B7 (2600) LTE B20 (800 DD) | |
 | Ethiopia | 1 | B3 (1800 +) | |
 | Thailand | 1 | B1 (2100) | 83.3% |
 | Tanzania | 1 | LTE B20 (800 DD) | |
 | Sudan | 1 | B1 (2100) | |
 | Algeria | 1 | B3 (1800 +) | 58.4% |
 | Argentina | 1 | B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1) | 74.9% |
 | Angola | 1 | B3 (1800 +) | |
 | Ukraine | 1 | B7 (2600) | 67.3% |
 | Uzbekistan | 1 | B7 (2600) | 69.8% |
 | Zambia | 1 | B3 (1800 +) | 64.7% |
 | Kazakhstan | 1 | B3 (1800 +) | 71% |
 | Zimbabwe | 1 | B3 (1800 +) | |
 | Jordan | 1 | B3 (1800 +) | 71% |
 | Honduras | 1 | B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1) | 69.5% |
 | Papua New Guinea | 1 | LTE B28 (700 APT) | |
 | Azerbaijan | 1 | B3 (1800 +) | 75.7% |
 | Israel | 1 | B3 (1800 +) | 81.8% |
 | Laos | 1 | B3 (1800 +) | |
 | Turkmenistan | 1 | B7 (2600) | |
 | Kyrgyzstan | 1 | B7 (2600) | 87.2% |
 | Nicaragua | 1 | B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1) | 64.2% |
 | Bulgaria | 1 | B3 (1800 +) | 86% |
 | Serbia | 1 | B3 (1800 +) | 84.3% |
 | Lebanon | 1 | B3 (1800 +) | 79.3% |
 | Namibia | 1 | B3 (1800 +) | |
 | Armenia | 1 | B7 (2600) | |
 | Jamaica | 1 | LTE B5 (850) | 67.5% |
 | Lesotho | 1 | LTE B20 (800 DD) | |
 | Bahrain | 1 | B3 (1800 +) | 89.5% |
 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | B7 (2600) | |
 | Cyprus | 1 | B3 (1800 +) | 92.1% |
 | Mauritius | 1 | B3 (1800 +) | |
 | Bhutan | 1 | B3 (1800 +) | |
 | Luxembourg | 1 | B3 (1800 +) | 82.7% |
 | Malta | 1 | B3 (1800 +) | |
 | Brunei | 1 | B3 (1800 +) | |
 | Bahamas | 1 | LTE B17 (700 bc) | |
 | Vanuatu | 1 | LTE B40 (TD 2300) | |
 | Kiribati | 1 | LTE B12 (700 ac) | |
 | Seychelles | 1 | LTE B20 (800 DD) | |
 | Aruba | 1 | B3 (1800 +) | |
 | United States Virgin Islands | 1 | B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1) | |
 | Greenland | 1 | LTE B20 (800 DD) | |
 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | LTE B17 (700 bc) | |
 | Northern Mariana Islands | 1 | LTE B12 (700 ac) | |
 | Liechtenstein | 1 | LTE B20 (800 DD) | |
 | Nigeria | 62.6% | ||
 | Egypt | 74.1% | ||
 | Vietnam | 80.7% | ||
 | Turkey | 79.3% | ||
 | Myanmar | 76.9% | ||
 | Iraq | 63.3% | ||
 | Ghana | 56.8% | ||
 | Ivory Coast | 55% | ||
 | Nepal | 61% | ||
 | Senegal | 54.4% | ||
 | Tunisia | 70.4% | ||
 | El Salvador | 71.3% | ||
 | Mongolia | 67.1% | ||
 | North Macedonia | 86% |
Long-Term Evolution, or LTE, is a standard for wireless broadband commutations for mobile devices. LTE is sometimes referred to as 4G LTE. LTE is a registered trademark owned by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). When developing LTE, the goal was to increase the capacity and speed of wireless data networks by using new data signal processing techniques. Additionally, they wanted to redesign and simplify the network architecture with reduced times between stimulation and response compared to 3G.
History
NTT Docomo of Japan proposed LTE as the international standard in 2004. In 2006, Siemens Networks (Nokia Networks today) show the first live emulation of an LTE network to investors and the media. The next year, Ericcson demonstrated LTE rates up to 144 megabits per second and NTT Docomo demonstrated data rates of 200 megabits per second with power levels below 100 megawatts. In 2008, LTE testing equipment began shipping from vendors. At the 2008 Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Ericcson demonstrated the first end-to-end LTE call on handheld devices. Motorola demonstrated at the MWC how LTE can acerbate the delivery of person media with HD video streaming, online gaming, and more. In August 2009, Telefónica selected the first six countries to field-test LTE in the succeeding months: Spain, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Czech Republic, Brazil, and Argentina. Countries and carriers gradually began adopting LTE in the following years.
LTE Around the World
The international standard for LTE is loosely defined, making its speed hard to nail down. LTE download speeds can vary from 3G’s 20 Mbps to 4G’s 100 Mbps. Different countries have different LTE frequencies and bands, so only multi-band phones can use LTE in all countries where LTE is supported. LTE bands are linked to frequencies and represent blocks of sequential LTE frequency rages. The ten countries with the highest penetration of LTE are:
- South Korea - 97.5%
- Japan - 96.3%
- Norway - 95.5%
- Hong Kong - 94.1%
- United States - 93.0%
- Netherlands - 92.8%
- Taiwan - 92.8%
- Hungary - 91.4%
- Sweden - 91.1%
- India - 90.9%
