5G NR and List of 5G NR networks

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If you have heard about 5G, you may have heard the term 5G NR, or 5G new radio. But what is 5G NR?

1.What is 5G New Radio?

5G is the fifth generation of wireless technology and NR stands for a new radio interface and radio access technology for cellular networks—a physical connection method for radio based communication. Other kinds of radio access technologies include Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and 4G LTE.

All cell phones use radio waves to facilitate communication as they convert your voice into digital signals. Internet data is sent and received via these radio waves, too.

5G NR uses two frequency ranges: frequency range 1 (FR1) includes 6 Ghz frequency bands and below. Frequency band 2 (FR2) includes bands in the millimeter wavelength (or mmWave) range, which includes 20-60 Ghz. That mmWave range is particularly helpful to enable 5G Ultra Wideband (UWB).

2.Benefits of 5G NR

5G NR will enable the network to support adaptive bandwidth. Key benefits of 5G NR will include more capacity for wireless users, improved links among users (so less lag time and network loss), and enhanced speed of data rates. Because of these end-user/consumer benefits, 5G NR is destined to benefit our day-to-day life.

3.List of  5G NR networks

This is a list of commercial 5G NR networks around the globe, showing their frequency bands.

Country

or

territory  

Operator

Band

DSS

with

4G

LTE

n40

2.3

Ghz

n41

2.5

Ghz

n78

3.5

Ghz

n79

4.7

Ghz

N257

28

Ghz 

(APAC)

N258

26

Ghz 

(EMEA)

N261

28

Ghz 

(US)

Other

Australia Optus 90 MHz

Feb 2020

60 MHz

Oct 2019

Telstra 60 MHz

May 2019

?  MHz

May 2019

Austria A1 100 – 140 MHz

Jan 2020

Drei 100 MHz

Aug 2019

Magenta

Telekom

110 MHz

Mar 2019

Bahrain Batelco 90 MHz

Jun 2019

stc 90 MHz

Jun 2019

Belarus A1 ? MHz

May 2020

beCloud ? MHz

May 2020

n7

? MHz

May 2020

MTS ? MHz

Jun 2020

n3

? MHz

Jun 2020

Belgium Orange ? MHz

Dec 2019

Proximus 40 MHz

Apr 2020

Brazil Algar 100 MHz

Nov 2019

Claro ? MHz

Oct 2019

TIM 100 MHz

May 2019

Canada Bell n66

10 MHz

Jun 2020

Rogers n38

20 MHz

Jan 2020

China China

Mobile

100 MHz

Oct 2019

100 MHz
China

Telecom

200 MHz*

Oct 2019

China

Unicom

200

MHz*

Oct

2019

Czech

Republic

O2 40 MHz

Jun 2019

Denmark TDC 100 MHz

Nov 2019

Estonia Elisa 100 MHz

Jun 2019

Finland DNA 130 MHz

Jan 2020

Elisa 130 MHz

Jan 2020

Telia 130 MHz

Oct 2020

Germany Telekom n1:

5 MHz

(Apr 2020)

90 MHz

Sep 2019

Vodafone n28:

10 MHz

(Apr 2020)

90 MHz

Jul 2019

Greece Vodafone ? MHz

Dec 2019

Guam DOCOMO ? MHz

Oct 2019

Hong Kong 3 70 MHz

Apr 2020

China

Mobile

80 MHz

Apr 2020

40 MHz
HKT 80 MHz

Apr 2020

40 MHz
Smartone 70 MHz

Apr 2020

Hungary Telekom 120 MHz

Apr 2020

Vodafone 110 MHz

Oct 2020

Indonesia Telkomsel ? MHz

Aug 2018

XL

Axiata

? MHz

Aug 2018

Ireland eir 80 MHz

Oct 2019

Vodafone 100 MHz

Aug 2019

Italy Fastweb 100 MHz

Nov 2019

TIM 80 MHz

Jul 2019

200 MHz

Jan 2020

Vodafone 80 MHz

Dec 2018

Japan KDDI 100 MHz

Mar 2020

40 MHz

Mar 2020

n77

100 MHz

Mar 2020

NTT

Docomo

100 MHz

Mar 2020

100 MHz 400 MHz

Mar 2020

Softbank 400 MHz

Mar 2020

n77

100 MHz

Mar 2020

Kazakhstan Kazakhtelecom ? MHz

Dec 2019

Kuwait Ooredoo 100 MHz

Jun 2019

stc 100 MHz

Jun 2019

Zain 100 MHz

Jun 2019

Latvia Tele2 50 MHz

Jun 2019

Lesotho Vodacom 100 MHz

Aug 2018

Libya Al Madar ? MHz

Oct 2019

Maldives Dhiraagu ? MHz

Aug 2019

Monaco Monaco Telecom ? MHz

Jul 2019

Netherlands T-Mobile n28

10 MHz

Sep 2019

 

Vodafone n3:

20 MHz

(Apr 2020)

New Zealand Spark n7:

20 MHz

(Sep 2019)

Vodafone 50 MHz

Dec 2019

Norway Telenor 100 MHz

Mar 2020

400 MHz

Nov 2018

Telia n28:

10 MHz

(May 2020)

Oman Omantel 100 MHz

Dec 2019

Ooredoo 100 MHz

May 2019

Philippines Globe

Telecom

? MHz

Jun 2019

Smart 100 MHz

Aug 2019

Poland Orange 80 MHz

Dec 2018

Play n1:

10 MHz

(Dec 2019)

Plus   n38

50 MHz

May 2020

T-Mobile n1:

10 MHz

(Jun 2020)

100 MHz

Dec 2018

 Portugal NOS ? MHz

Oct 2019

Qatar Ooredoo 100 MHz

May 2018

Vodafone 100 MHz

Aug 2019

Romania Digi 50 MHz

Jun 2019

Orange 115 MHz

Nov 2019

Vodafone 40 MHz

Jun 2019

Russia Beeline MHz

Sep 2019

MegaFon 20 MHz

Jun 2018

MTS ? MHz

Aug 2019

MHz

Aug 2019

Tattelecom ? MHz

May 2018

Tele2 ? MHz

May 2018

MHz

Sep 2018

San Marino TIM ? MHz

Dec 2018

MHz

Dec 2018

Saudi Arabia stc 100 MHz N/A 100 MHz

Jun 2019

Zain 90 MHz

Jun 2019

100 MHz

Jun 2019

Slovakia Swan 60 MHz

Dec 2019

Singapore Singtel 100 MHz

Apr 2020

800 MHz

Apr 2020

StarHub Jointly

100 MHz

Apr 2020

800 MHz

Apr 2020

M1 800 MHz

Apr 2020

South Africa Rain / Vodacom 50 MHz

Sep 2019

South Korea LG U+ 80 MHz

Dec 2018

800 MHz

Dec 2018

KT 100 MHz

Dec 2018

800 MHz

Dec 2018

SK

Telecom

100 MHz

Dec 2018

800 MHz

Dec 2018

Spain Telefónica 50 MHz

Mar 2019

Vodafone 90 MHz

Jun 2019

Suriname Telesur ? MHz

Dec 2019

Sweden 3 n38

50 MHz

Jun 2020

Tele2 ?

80 MHz

May 2020

Telia n28

10 MHz

May 2020

Switzerland Salt 80 MHz

Dec 2019

n75

10 MHz

Dec 2019

Sunrise n28:

5 MHz (?)

100 MHz

Apr 2019

n80

20 MHz

Apr 2019

Swisscom n1:

20 MHz

(Apr 2019)

120 MHz

Apr 2019

Tajikistan MegaFon ? MHz

Feb 2020

 

Thailand AIS 100 MHz

Feb 2020

TrueMove H 90 MHz

Mar 2020

Trinidad

and

Tobago

bmobile ? MHz

Dec 2019

United

Arab

Emirates

Etisalat 100 MHz

May 2019

du 100 MHz

Feb 2020

United Kingdom 3 100 MHz

Aug 2019

EE 40 MHz

May 2019

O2 40 MHz

Oct 2019

Vodafone 50 MHz

Jul 2019

• United States

• Puerto Rico

• US Virgin Islands

AT&T n5:

? MHz

(Jun 2020)

n5

10 MHz

Dec 2019

 

n260

100 MHz

Dec 2018

 

C Spire ? MHz

Dec 2018

GCI n71

? MHz

Apr 2020

T-Mobile 40-60 MHz

Apr 2020

May 2019

(Sprint)

100 MHz

Jun 2019

n71

10-25 MHz

Dec 2019

 

n260

50-100 MHz

Jun 2019

U.S.Cellular n71

10-15 MHz

Mar 2020

Verizon 400 MHz

Apr/Oct

2019

Uruguay ANTEL 800 MHz

Apr 2019

Note: This list of network deployments does not imply any widespread deployment or national coverage.

References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_5G_NR_networks

Download: List of 5G NR Networks

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