FDD LTE Band 8 is paired to allow simultaneous transmission on two frequencies. The Uplink frequency is 880 – 915MHz and downlink frequency is 925 – 960MHz. The Width of the band is 35MHz, duplexing spacing is 45MHz and band gap is 10MHz.
LTE Band 8 has been chosen by many operators as their 4G LTE Spectrum and now many 4G LTE USB Dongle, 4G LTE CPE for band 8, and you could check below the 4G LTE Mobile router and 4G LTE Module for band 8.
Commercial band 8 (900 MHz) networks worldwide:
1. Sweden, Tele2, as Net4Mobility joint project, from 2012
2. Sweden, TeliaSonera, as Net4Mobility joint project, from 2010
3. South Korea, KT Corporation, launched at January 2012
4. Greece, Vodafone, planned at Feb. 2013/6/24
5. Romania, RCS&RDS, planned at September, 2012
6. South Africa, Cell C, planned at September, 2012
7. Japan, Softbank Mobile, launched at September, 2012
8. Australia, Optus, launched at September, 2012
There are many gadgets available now for 4G LTE Band 8(900MHz), below are the 4G smarpthones for band 8:
Smartphones
- Nokia Lumia 920.1 ..2012.09..
4G LTE Mobile Routers for band 8:
- Modacom URoad-LTE ..2013.02..
- Huawei E589u-12
- Huawei E5776s-32
- Softbank ULTRA WiFi 4G 102HW
4G LTE CPE Router for band 8:
1. Netcomm 4G100W ..2012.08..
2. Netcomm 4G100WV ..2012.08..
3. Netgear MBR1517, b1,b3,b7,b8,b20 +fallback to 3G, 2012.06
4. Netgear MVBR1517, VoiP/VoLTE, (b1,b3,b7,b8,b20) 2012.11
Many wireless 4G LTE USB dongles and modems available for band 8, below are the Dongles/Modems/Surfsticks for Band 8:
Below are the 4G LTE Module for Band 8:
- Sierra Wireless AirPrime MC7710
- AM Telecom AML520 4G LTE Module
- AM Telecom AML500 4G LTE Module
- AM Telecom AME520 4G LTE Module
- AM Telecom AME500 4G LTE Module
- ZTE ZM8620 Mini PCIe 4G LTE TDD/FDD Module
- HUAWEI ME936 4G LTE M.2 Module
- HUAWEI ME909 Mini PCI Express 4G LTE Module
- HUAWEI ME906V M2M 4G LTE Module
- HUAWEI ME906E 4G LTE NGFF M.2 Wireless Module