5G Spectrum Allocation in United States

The United States is leading the way in 5G. 5G services are being provided by AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile in the US. Most 5G deployment in USA has been in the mm-Wave region. However, the FCC, with its 5G FAST plan, is now pushing operators to deploy Sub-6 GHz and Sub-1 GHz 5G in the US.

The following are the lists of all the licensed and upcoming 5G frequency bands in USA.

High Band Spectrum (mmWave)

Mid-Band Spectrum (Sub 6GHz)

Low Band Spectrum (Sub 1GHz)

Unlicensed Spectrum

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable in the United States. The FCC is responsible for allocation of 5G frequency bands in the United States.

The United States is leading the way in 5G. Multiple operators in the US have been actively conducting trails all over the country. Verizon (one of the main US carries), had published a preliminary 5G spec for trials, even before the the Official 5G NR spec which was was published by the GSMA. Like in most countiries there have been multiple freqyency bands allocated for 5G.

5G Spectrum Allocations in the United States

The FCC has been very active in working towards freeing up frequency spectrum for 5G. In July 2016, they opened up 11 GHz of spectrum i.e. 64 - 71 GHz and some spectrum in the 3.85 GHz. In 2017, they opened up another 1.7 GHz of spectrum in the 24 GHz and 47 GHz bands.