List of UMTS networks
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The following is a list of mobile telecommunications networks using third-generation Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) technology. This list does not aim to cover all networks, but instead focuses on networks deployed on frequencies other than 2100 MHz which is commonly deployed around the globe and on Multiband deployments.
General information
- For technical details on UMTS and a list of its designated operating frequencies, bands, and their common names, see UMTS frequency bands.
- Networks on the global UMTS-bands 1 and 8 are suitable for global roaming in ITU Regions 1, 2 (some countries) and 3.
- Networks on UMTS-bands 2 and 4 allow roaming in ITU Region 2 (Americas) only.
- Networks on UMTS band 5 are suitable for roaming in ITU Regions 2 and 3 (single countries).
Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA)
Networks in Europe, the Middle East and Africa are exclusively deployed on 2100 MHz (Band 1) and/or 900 MHz (Band 8).
Americas
Caribbean
| Operator | Country | 2100 MHz Band 1 |
900 MHz Band 8 |
1900 MHz Band 2 |
850 MHz Band 5 |
Launch date UMTS ≤ 7.2 Mbit/s |
Launch date HSPA+ ≤ 21.1 Mbit/s |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digicel |  Anguilla |
Jun 2013 (10 MHz) |
Jun 2013 (5 MHz) |
Jun 2013 | Jun 2013 | [1] | ||
| FLOW | Anguilla |
2014 (5 MHz) |
(?) 2014 | (?) 2014 | [2] | |||
| Digicel |  Antigua and Barbuda |
? (10 MHz) |
? (10 MHz) |
? | ? | |||
| FLOW | Antigua and Barbuda |
May 2014 (5 MHz) |
May 2014 (5 MHz) |
May 2014 | May 2014 | [3] | ||
| Setar |  Aruba |
Dec 2007 | [4] | |||||
| Aliv |  Bahamas |
Nov 2016 (5 MHz) |
Nov 2016 (5 MHz) |
Nov 2016 | Nov 2016 | [5] | ||
| BTC | Bahamas |
Dec 2011 (10 MHz) |
Dec 2011 (10 MHz) |
Dec 2011 | Dec 2011 | [6][7] | ||
| Digicel |  Barbados |
Nov 2011 (10 MHz) |
Nov 2011 (10 MHz) |
Nov 2011 | Nov 2011 | [8] | ||
| FLOW | Barbados |
Nov 2011 (10 MHz) |
Nov 2011 (10 MHz) |
Nov 2011 | Nov 2011 | [9] | ||
| CellularOne |  Bermuda |
Jan 2011 (5 MHz) |
Jan 2011 (10 MHz) |
Jan 2011 | Jan 2011 | [10] | ||
| Digicel | Bermuda |
No | No | Jul 2010 (10 MHz) [refarmed to LTE] |
Jun 2017 (?) (10 MHz) |
Jul 2010 | Jul 2010 | [11] |
| Digicel |  British Virgin Islands |
Nov 2012 (10 MHz) |
Nov 2012 | Nov 2012 | [12] | |||
| FLOW | British Virgin Islands |
Jul 2012 (5 MHz) |
Jul 2012 | Jul 2012 | [9] | |||
| Digicel |  Cayman Islands |
Oct 2011 (5 MHz) |
No | No | Oct 2011 (5 MHz) |
Oct 2011 | Oct 2011 | [13] |
| FLOW | Cayman Islands |
No | No | Aug 2011 (10 MHz) |
Aug 2011 | Aug 2011 | [9] | |
| ETECSA |  Cuba |
Apr 2017 (5 MHz) |
Apr 2017 (15 MHz) |
Apr 2017 | Apr 2017 | [14][15][16][17][18] | ||
| Digicel |  Dominica |
Feb 2015 (5 MHz) |
Feb 2015 (5 MHz) |
Feb 2015 | Feb 2015 | [19] | ||
| FLOW | Dominica |
Oct 2014 (5 MHz) |
Oct 2014 (5 MHz) |
Oct 2014 | Oct 2014 | [20] | ||
| Altice |  Dominican Republic |
Feb 2010 (10 MHz) |
Feb 2010 (5 MHz) |
Feb 2010 | ? | [21][22] | ||
| Digicel |  Haiti |
May 2013 (10 MHz) |
May 2013 (10 MHz) |
May 2013 | May 2013 | [23] | ||
| Digicel |  Jamaica |
No | No | 2016 (20 MHz) [refarmed to LTE] |
Jun 2012 (5 MHz) |
Jun 2012 | Jun 2012 | [24][25] |
| FLOW | Jamaica |
No | No | Nov 2015 (?) (5 MHz) |
Jun 2009 (5 MHz) |
Jun 2009 | Mar 2012 | [26][27] |
| Digicel |  Montserrat |
Jan 2015 (5 MHz) |
Jan 2015 (5 MHz) |
Jan 2015 | Jan 2015 | [28] | ||
| FLOW | Montserrat |
Dec 2014 | [29] | |||||
| Digicel |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Apr 2013 (5 MHz) |
Apr 2013 (10 MHz) |
Apr 2013 | Apr 2013 | [30] | ||
| FLOW | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Oct 2012 (10 MHz) |
Oct 2012 | Oct 2012 | [31] | |||
| Digicel |  Saint Lucia |
May 2014 (10 MHz) |
May 2014 (5 MHz) |
May 2014 | May 2014 | [32] | ||
| FLOW | Saint Lucia |
Jul 2013 (5 MHz) |
Jul 2013 | Jul 2013 | [33] | |||
| Digicel |  Suriname |
? (5 MHz) |
Apr 2014 (5 MHz) |
Apr 2014 | [34] | |||
| bmobile |  Trinidad and Tobago |
No | No | Nov 2012 (5 MHz) |
Nov 2012 (5 MHz) |
Nov 2012 | Nov 2012 | [35][36] 5 MHz of band 2 refarmed to LTE. 2.5 MHz of band 5 remain for GSM services. |
| Digicel | Trinidad and Tobago |
No | No | May 2012 (10 MHz) |
May 2012 (5 MHz) |
May 2012 | May 2012 | [37][38] 1.5 MHz of band 5 remain for GSM services. |
| Digicel |  Turks and Caicos Islands |
? (10 MHz) |
(?) | (?) | [39] | |||
| FLOW | Turks and Caicos Islands |
Jul 2012 (5 MHz) |
Jul 2012 | Jul 2012 | [40] | |||
| Operator | Country | Frequency (MHz) |
Launch date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange |  Guadeloupe |
August 2013 | [41] | |
| Orange |  Martinique |
August 2013 | [41] |
North America, Central America and South America
Networks in this region are commonly deployed on 850 MHz (Band 5) and/or 1900 MHz (Band 2) unless denoted otherwise.
| Operator | Country | 2100 MHz Band 1 |
1900 MHz Band 2 |
1700 MHz Band 4 |
850 MHz Band 5 |
900 MHz Band 8 |
Launch date UMTS ≤ 7.2 Mbit/s |
Launch date HSPA+ ≤ 21.1 Mbit/s |
Launch date DC-HSPA ≤ 42.2 Mbit/s |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freedom Mobile |  Canada |
Dec 2009 (5 MHz) |
Dec 2009 | [42] | ||||||
| Vidéotron | Canada |
Sep 2010 | Sep 2010 | Sep 2010 | Aug 2011 | [43][44] | ||||
| AT&T |  Mexico |
(?) (5 MHz) |
Sep 2012 (5 MHz) |
(?) (5 MHz) |
Sep 2012 | [45][46] | ||||
| T-Mobile |  United States |
Sep 2012 – Jul 2022 (10 MHz) [refarmed to LTE/NR] |
May 2008 – Jul 2022 (10 MHz) [refarmed to LTE/NR] |
May 2008 | May 2008 | Apr 2011 | [47][48][49][50] | |||
| Algar Telecom |  Brazil |
Apr 2008 (5 MHz) |
Apr 2008 | [51] | ||||||
| Claro | Brazil |
Nov 2007 (5 MHz) |
Nov 2007 (5 MHz) |
Nov 2007 | Nov 2007 | Dec 2011 | [52][53] | |||
| Nextel | Brazil |
Oct 2013 (5 MHz) |
Oct 2013 | [54] | ||||||
| TIM | Brazil |
Apr 2008 (5 MHz) |
Apr 2008 (5 MHz) |
Apr 2008 (5 MHz) |
Apr 2008 | Apr 2008 | Oct 2010 | [55][56][57] | ||
| Vivo | Brazil |
Nov 2011 (5 MHz) |
Nov 2011 (5 MHz) |
Nov 2011 | [58] | |||||
| Digicel |  El Salvador |
Jan 2014 (5 MHz) |
Jan 2014 | [59][60] | ||||||
| ANTEL |  Uruguay |
Jul 2007 (5 MHz) |
Jul 2007 | [61] | ||||||
| Digitel |  Venezuela |
Mar 2009 (5 MHz) |
Mar 2009 | [62] | ||||||
Asia & Oceania
Networks in Asia are commonly deployed on 2100 MHz (Band 1) unless denoted otherwise.
Deployments in Japan
| Operator | Country | 2100 MHz Band 1 |
900 MHz Band 8 |
800 MHz Band 6/19 |
1500 MHz Band 11 Band 21 (ex PDC) |
1700 MHz Band 9 |
Launch date UMTS ≤ 7.2 Mbit/s |
Launch date HSPA+ ≤ 21.1 Mbit/s |
Launch date DC-HSPA ≤ 42.2 Mbit/s |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NTT DoCoMo |  Japan |
FOMA Oct 2001 (5 MHz used) |
N/A | FOMA+ Jun 2005 – Jul 2016 (Refarmed for LTE) |
No | May 2006 – Mar 2015 (Refarmed for LTE) |
Oct 2001 | N/A | N/A | [63][64][65][66][67][68] First commercial UMTS network to be deployed. Band 6: (↓) 875 – 885 MHz / (↑) 830 – 840 MHz Band 9: (↓) 1859.9 – 1879.9 MHz / (↑) 1764.9 – 1784.9 MHz Band 19: (↓) 875 – 890 MHz / (↑) 830 – 845 MHz Band 21: (↓) 1495.9 – 1510.9 MHz / (↑) 1447.9 – 1462.9 MHz UMTS network to shut down on 31 Mar 2026.[69] |
| SoftBank | Japan |
Dec 2002 – Apr 2024 (Refarmed for LTE) |
Jul 2012 – Apr 2024 (Refarmed for LTE) |
N/A | Nov 2010 – Mar 2017 (Refarmed for LTE) |
Mar 2007 – Jan 2018 (Refarmed for LTE) |
Dec 2002 | Aug 2009 | Feb 2011 (Band 11) |
[70][71][72][73][74][75][76][77][78][79][80][81][82][83][84][85] Band 9: (↓) 1844.9 – 1859.9 MHz / (↑) 1749.9 – 1764.9 MHz Band 11: (↓) 1475.9 – 1485.9 MHz / (↑) 1427.9 – 1437.9 MHz |
850 MHz (Band 5) / 900 MHz (Band 8) / 2100 MHz (Band 1) networks
| Operator | Country | 2100 MHz Band 1 |
900 MHz Band 8 |
850 MHz Band 5 |
Launch date UMTS ≤ 7.2 Mbit/s |
Launch date HSPA+ ≤ 21.1 Mbit/s |
Launch date DC-HSPA ≤ 42.2 Mbit/s |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optus |  Australia |
Apr 2005- Oct 2024 |
May 2008- Oct 2024 |
N/A | Apr 2005 | (?) | (?) | [86][87][88][89][90][91][92][93] |
| Vodafone (TPG Telecom) |
Australia |
Oct 2005- Jan 2024 |
Aug 2009- Jan 2024 |
Jan 2011- Jan 2024 |
Oct 2005 | Jan 2008 | Sep 2012 | [86][94][95] |
| Telstra | Australia |
Sep 2005 - Aug 2012 (via NWS) |
No | Oct 2006- Oct 2024 |
Sep 2005 | Feb 2009 | Feb 2010 | [86][96][97][98][99] [100][101][102][103][104] |
| Bhutan Telecom |  Bhutan |
May 2008 | No | Dec 2013 | Dec 2013 | Dec 2013 | HSPA [105][106] | |
| TashiCell | Bhutan |
No | No | Dec 2013 | Dec 2013 | Dec 2013 | HSPA+ [107] | |
| China Unicom |  China |
Oct 2009 | Oct 2014 | N/A | Oct 2009 | May 2011 | Oct 2013 | DC-HSDPA [108][109][110][111] |
| csl. |  Hong Kong |
Dec 2004 | Mar 2011 | No | Dec 2004 | Mar 2009 | Nov 2010 | DC-HSDPA [112][113][114][115] |
| SmarTone | Hong Kong |
Dec 2004 | No | No | Nov 2009 | Nov 2009 Apr 2010 |
HSPA+ [116][117][118] | |
| Indosat |  Indonesia |
Nov 2006 | Sep 2013 | N/A | Oct 2009 | May 2010 | Sep 2013 | DC-HSDPA [119][120][121][122] |
| MegaCom |  Kyrgyzstan |
Jan 2012 | Jan 2017 | N/A | Jan 2012 | Jan 2012 | May 2015 | [123][124][125][126][127] |
| MPT |  Myanmar |
Jul 2008 | No | N/A | Jul 2008 | HSPA [128] | ||
| Ooredoo | Myanmar |
No | Aug 2014 | N/A | Aug 2014 | Aug 2014 | HSPA+ [129][130][131] | |
| Telenor | Myanmar |
Aug 2014 | No | N/A | Sep 2014 | Sep 2014 | HSPA+ [132] | |
| 2degrees |  New Zealand |
Aug 2010 | (?) | N/A | Aug 2010 | Aug 2010 | Sep 2012 | [86][133][134][135] |
| Spark | New Zealand |
(?) | N/A | May 2009 | May 2009 | May 2009 | Dec 2012 | [86][136][137][133][138] [139][140][141][142] |
| Vodafone | New Zealand |
Aug 2005 | Feb 2009 | N/A | Aug 2005 | Dec 2010 | Dec 2010 | [86][133][143][144][145][146] |
| Ufone |  Pakistan |
May 2014 | Jan 2017 | N/A | May 2014 | May 2014 | [86][147][148] | |
| AIS |  Thailand |
Apr 2013 | May 2008 - Sep 2013 |
No | May 2008 | Jul 2011 | HSPA+ [149][150][151][152] | |
| DTAC | Thailand |
May 2013 | No | Aug 2011 - Dec 2018 |
Aug 2011 | Aug 2011 | Aug 2011 | DC-HSDPA [153][154] |
| MY | Thailand |
No | No | Jan 2012 | Jan 2012 | HSPA [155] | ||