APT700 BAND GLOBAL STATUS
Industry support for the APT700 band plan is strong. Whereas APT700 provides both FDD and TDD arrangements, it is the FDD plan that has gained global support from industry and regulators in markets addressing approaching 4 billion people. The FDD configuration is standardized by 3GPP (band 28) for a 2 x 45 MHz arrangement, with 10 MHz guard-band between down-link and up-link.
APT700 FDD band plan (3GPP Band 28)
703-748 MHz for the up-link
10 MHz guard band
758-803 MHz for the down-link
Telstra, GSA and the GSMA jointly promote APT700 spectrum allocations for LTE to explain the benefits and opportunities from its use. The main infrastructure systems providers including Alcatel- Lucent, Ericsson, Huawei and Nokia support APT700. 700 MHz is excellent for wide area coverage in regional and rural environments, and for in-building coverage, and is an important digital dividend arising from the shift by TV broadcasters to digital transmissions. Adoption of the APT700 FDD band plan by many countries has created a major opportunity for near global spectrum harmonization for LTE, ensuring the greatest economies of scale for user devices, capacity for mobile broadband, and roaming. 43 countries and territories allocated, committed to, or recommend APT700 FDD (band 28) for LTE system deployments:
LAC region: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Venezuela
APAC/Oceania: Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, South Korea, St. Maarten, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam
Middle East: UAE confirmed adoption of the APT700 lower 2 x 30 MHz duplexer. This is also the preferred frequency arrangement for 700 MHz allocations in Europe and throughout ITU Region 1
Europe: Finland, France, Germany, Sweden, and UK
APT700 band 28 is licensed to mobile operators in 13 countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Fiji, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Panama, Papua New Guinea, South Korea, and Taiwan
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214 APT700 (band 28) user devices are launched by
key suppliers including Acer, Apple, Asus,
Foxconn/InFocus, Fujitsu, HTC, Huawei, LG,
Motorola, Samsung, Sierra Wireless, Sony,
TCL/Alcatel, and ZTE. (Status of the LTE Ecosystem
report, November 2, 2015). 121 devices are
smartphones:
121 APT700 band 28 smartphones by vendor
Detailed analysis of all announced APT700 devices as verified by GSA is available using GSA’s GAMBoD tool. Access restrictions apply – see www.gsacom.com/gambod
Source: http://gsacom.com