UK Frequency Ranges

Frequency ranges for mobile phone providers within the UK are listed below. You maybe asking yourself why these are important and how they may affect your business.

Imagine a grid fence with a gap 9.6cm, the below frequencies will all fit through until you hit anything greater than 9.6 now that the higher frequencies do not fit through there will be no signal.

If you have a reinforced or reflective building the frequency of your chosen supplier may not penetrate the building and therefore be useless when inside.

GSM Frequencies;

Mobile phone transmit Base station transmit

Vodafone GSM 900: 890 – 894.6 MHz 935 – 939.6 MHz

BT Cellnet GSM 900: 894.8 – 902 MHz 939.8 – 947 MHz

Vodafone GSM 900: 902 – 910 MHz 947 – 955 MHz

BT Cellnet GSM 900: 910 – 915 MHz 955 – 960 MHz

Vodafone GSM 1800 &

BT Cellnet GSM 1800: 1710 – 1721.5 MHz 1805 – 1816.5 MHz

T Mobile GSM 1800: 1721.5 – 1751.5 MHz 1816.5 – 1846.5 MHz

Orange GSM 1800: 1751.5 – 1781.5 MHz 1846.5 – 1876.5 MHz

UMTS/3G Frequency ranges;

1900 – 1900.3 MHz – Guard band

1900.3 – 1905.2 MHz (4.9 MHz bandwidth) – Unmatched spectrum – licence D – T-Mobile

1905.2 – 1910.1 MHz (4.9 MHz bandwidth) – Unmatched spectrum – licence E – Orange

1910.1 – 1915.0 MHz (4.9 MHz bandwidth) – Unmatched spectrum – licence C – O2

1915.0 – 1919.9 MHz (4.9 MHz bandwidth) – Unmatched spectrum – licence A – ‘3’

1919.9 – 1920.3 MHz – Guard band

1920.3 – 1934.9 MHz (14.6 MHz bandwidth) – Matched spectrum (mobile transmit) – licence A – ‘3’

1934.9 – 1944.9 MHz (10 MHz bandwidth) – Matched spectrum (mobile transmit) – licence C – O2

1944.9 – 1959.7 MHz (14.8 MHz bandwidth) – Matched spectrum (mobile transmit) – licence B – Vodafone

1959.7 – 1969.7 MHz (10 MHz bandwidth) – Matched spectrum (mobile transmit) – licence D – T-Mobile

1969.7 – 1979.7 MHz (10 MHz bandwidth) – Matched spectrum (mobile transmit) – licence E – Orange

2110 – 2110.3 MHz – Guard band

2110.3 – 2124.9 MHz (14.6 MHz bandwidth) – Matched spectrum (base station transmit) – licence A – ‘3’

2124.9 – 2134.9 MHz (10 MHz bandwidth) – Matched spectrum (base station transmit) – licence C – O2

2134.9 – 2149.7 MHz (14.8 MHz bandwidth) – Matched spectrum (base station transmit) – licence B – Vodafone

2149.7 – 2159.7 MHz ( 10 MHz bandwidth) – Matched spectrum (base station transmit) – licence D – T-Mobile

2159.7 – 2169.7 MHz (10 MHz bandwidth) – Matched spectrum (base station transmit) – licence E – Orange

2169.7 – 2160 MHz – Guard band