Band 7 is one of the most popular frequency bands for 4G LTE network. It’s widely deployed all over the world. The uplink spectrum for Band 7 is 2500 – 2570MHz and downlink is 2620 – 2690MHz. The width of band 7 is 70MHz. The duplex spacing is 120MHz and band gap is 50MHz.
Below are the operators that are offering 4G LTE Band 7(commercial networks):
- Armenia, VivaCell-MTS, 2011.12.28
- Austria, 3 Austria, 2011.11.18,
- Austria, A1, 2010.11.05
- Austria, T-Mobile Austria, 2012.07.28
- Brazil, Claro Brazil, from 2012.12
- Brazil, Vivo Brazil, from 2013.05.01
- Denmark, 3 Denmark, 2012.10
- Denmark, TeliaSonera, 2010.12
- Finland, DNA, 2011.12.13
- Finland, Elisa, 2010.11.17 (and band 3)
- Finland, TeliaSonera, NSN, from 2010.12.08 (and 1800)
- France, Bouygues, 2013.05.06
- Kyrgyzstan, Saima Telecom, from 2011.12.09
- Lithuania, Tele2, 2013.03
- Norway, TeliaSonera (NetCom), from 2009.12
- Qatar, Oredoo (Qtel), from 2013.04, NSN
- Russia, MTS, 2013.05.31, 2×10 MHz, 2540-2550 / 2660-2670 MHz
- Russia, Yota, 2012, 2×30 MHz; 2500-2530 / 2620-2660 MHz
- Sweden, Tele2, as Net4Mobility joint project, from 2010
- Sweden, TeliaSonera, as Net4Mobility joint project, from 2010
- Singapore, SingTel, 2012.09
- Singapore, M1, 2012.09
- Switzerland, Swisscom, 2011.11.29
- UAE, Etisalat, 2011.12
- Commitments, spectrum
- Austria, Orange, 2012.09
- Belarus, BeST, 2012.09
- Belgium, Mobistar, plan 2012-2013
- Belgium, Belgacom (Proximus), plan 2012.12
- Brazil, spectrum band 7 auctioned May 2012
- France, Free Mobile, 2012.09
- France, FT/Orange, 2012.09
- France, SFR, deployment 2012.09, plan to launch – early 2013
- Germany, E Plus, 2012.09
- Italy, Telecom Italia, has spectrum
- Italy, Vodafone, 2012.09
- Latvia, Baltcom, 2012.01
- Latvia, Bite, 2012.01
- Latvia, LMT, 2012.01
- Latvia, Tele2, 2012.01
- Lithuania, Bite Lithuania, 2012.03
- Lithuania, Omnitel, 2012.03
- Moldova, plans to auction licenses by the 2012 end.
- Poland, tender in 2012 exp.
- Qatar, Ooredoo (Qtel), plan to start service from April 2013
- Russia, Beeline, 2*10 MHz, 2550-2560 and 2670-2680 MHz, for FDD LTE, valid until Jul 25, 2022
- Russia, Megafon, 2*10 MHz, 2530-2540 and 2650-2660 MHz, for FDD LTE; exp. 2013
- Russia, MTS, 2*10 MHz, 2540-2550 and 2660-2670 MHz, for FDD LTE, valid until Jul 25, 2022
- Russia, Rostelecom, 2*10 MHz, 2560-2570 and 2680-2690 MHz, for FDD LTE, valid until Jul 25, 2022
There are many 4G USB Dongle/Modem/Surfstick for 4G LTE FDD Band 7:
1. Alcatel L100V, 2012.10
2. Huawei E3276, 2012.11
3. Huawei E392, 2011.02
4. Huawei E398u-15, 2012.10
5. Huawei E398u-18, 2012.10
6. Megafon M150-1 (Huawei E3276), 2012.11
7. Vodafone K5005(HUAWEI K5005), 2012.10
8. Yota LU150 LTE, 2012
9. ZTE MF821; b1, b3, b7; 2012.08
10. ZTE MF821D; b3, b7; 2012.06
11. Samsung GT-B3730
12. Sierra Wireless Aircard 320U
13. Sierra Wireless Aircard 330U
14. ZTE MF820
15. ZTE MF820D
16. ZTE MF822
17. ZTE MF880
18. Vodafone K5006
19. ZTE AL600
20. Bandluxe C501
21. Vodafone K5007 (HUAWEI E3276)
22. Option Beemo
And there are many Smartphones available for band 7:
1. Asus PadFone 2, 2012.10
2. HTC One XL, some regions (not USA One X) 2012.09
3. HTC Velocity, 2012
4. HTC Windows Phone 8x HTC, WP8, some regions (not for Russia) 2012.09
5. Huawei Ascend P1 LTE, 2012.08
6. Huawei Ascend P2, Android, 2013.02
7. Nokia Lumia 820, 2012.09
8. Nokia Lumia 920.1, 2012.09
9. Samsung Galaxy S2 LTE, 2012.08
10. Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE, 2012.09
Below are the tablets for band 7:
1. Asus PadFone 2, 2012.10
2. Asus Transformer Pad TF300TL. 2012.10
3. Asus Transformer Pad Infinity TF700KL, 2012.10
4. Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE, 2012
Many 4G gateways / CPE Routers are available for band 7; some of them could also support other bands simultaneously:
1. AVM Fritz!box 6810 LTE, 2012.09
2. AVM Fritz!box 6840 LTE, 2012.12
3. AVM Fritz!box 6842 LTE, 2012.09
4. Gemtek CPE 990-730-0016R, 2012.08
5. Huawei E593s-82, 2012.06
6. Huawei E593u 4G, 2012
7. Netcomm 4G100W ..2012.08..
8. Netcomm 4G100WV, ..2012.08..
9. Netcomm 4G101W-01, ..2012.08.., tbc
10. Netcomm 4G101W-03, ..2012.08.., tbc
11. Netgear MBR1517, b1,b3,b7,b8,b20 +fallback to 3G, 2012.06
12. Netgear MVBR1517, VoiP/VoLTE, (b1,b3,b7,b8,b20) 2012.11
13. ZyXEL LTE6100, outdoor, 2012.10
14. ZTE MF28D
Mobile 4G routers / mobile hotspots are usually attractive for the geeks and the users who want their all electronics to share network at high speed:
1. Huawei R210, 2012.10
2. Megafon MR100-1, 2012.10
3. Modacom URoad-LTE ..2013.02..
4. Quanta 1QDLZZZ0ST2 (Yota Router), 2012.08
5. HUAWEI E589, ..2012.08..
6. ZTE MF91 4G LTE Router, 2012.10 b7 2600/ b3 1800/ b1 2100 or b20 800/ b7 2600 / b3 1800
7. ZTE MF91S, 2012.08
8. ZyHEL WAH7130, 2013.02
9. HUAWEI E5776
10. Samsung GT-B3800
11. Sierra Wireless 762S 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot
12. Sierra Wireless 760S 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot
Modules for band 7(2600MHz):
- ZTE MF290 LTE module, 2012.10
- HUAWEI ME909u-521 4G LTE Module
- HUAWEI ME936 4G LTE M.2 Module
- ZTE ME3760 Mini PCIe 4G LTE Module
- ZTE ZM8510 TFF 4G FDD LTE Module
- HUAWEI ME906E 4G LTE NGFF M.2 Wireless Module
- Sierra Wireless AirPrime MC7710
- ZTE ZM8620 Mini PCIe 4G LTE TDD/FDD Module