NB-IoT Frequency Bands in North America

What NB-IoT frequency bands are being used in the United States?

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Jul 23, 2019

The NB-IoT Bands selected for North America are B4 (1700 MHz), B12 (700 MHz), B26 (850 MHz), B66 (1700 MHz) and B71 (600 MHz). Narrow Band IoT is a low power wide area (LPWA) technology developed specifically for IoT devices and services. 3GPP has assigned different frequency bands in different regions for this cellular IoT standard.

NB-IoT Band
Uplink Band
Downlink Band
Bandwidth
Duplex Mode
B41710 -1755 MHz
2110 -2155 MHz
45 MHz
HD-FDD
B12
699 - 716 MHz
729 - 746 MHz
17 MHz
HD-FDD
B26
814 - 849 MHz
859 - 894 MHz
35 MHz
HD-FDD
B661710 - 1780 MHz
2110 - 2200 MHz
70/90 MHz
HD-FDD
B71633 - 698 MHz
617 - 783 MHz
65 MHz
HD-FDD

This is based on input received by the NB-IoT Forum members and this document from GSMA.

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