Evolution to LTE report

July 28, 2016

4G MARKET and TECHNOLOGY UPDATE

APT700 band global status

Industry support for the APT700 band plan is strong.
Whereas APT700 provides both FDD and TDD
arrangements, it is the FDD plan that has gained
global support from industry and regulators in
markets addressing approaching 4 billion people. The
FDD configuration is standardised by 3GPP (band
28) for a 2 x 45 MHz arrangement, with 10 MHz
guardband between downlink and uplink.
APT700 FDD band plan (3GPP Band 28)
703-748 MHz for the uplink
10 MHz guard band
758-803 MHz for the downlink
Telstra, GSA and the GSMA jointly promote APT700
spectrum allocations for LTE to explain the benefits
and opportunities from its use. The main
infrastructure systems providers including Ericsson,
Huawei and Nokia Networks support APT700. 700
MHz is excellent for wide area coverage in regional
and rural environments, and for in-building coverage,
and is an important digital dividend arising from the
shift by TV broadcasters to digital transmissions.
Adoption of the APT700 FDD band plan by many
countries has created a major opportunity for near
global spectrum harmonization for LTE, ensuring the
greatest economies of scale for user devices,
capacity for mobile broadband, and roaming.
49 countries and territories allocated, committed
to, or recommend APT700 FDD (band 28) for LTE
system deployments:
LAC region: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa
Rica, Curaao, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Honduras,
Mexico, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
APAC/Oceania: Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh,
Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan,
Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan,
Papua New Guinea, Singapore, South Korea, St. Maarten,
Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam
MEA UAE confirmed adoption of the APT700 lower 2 x 30
MHz duplexer. This is also the preferred frequency
arrangement for 700 MHz allocations in Europe and
throughout ITU Region 1. In Africa: Zimbabwe
Europe: Notwithstanding the EU Council position (see
below), committed, actions underway or planned in Austria,
Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Slovenia, Sweden, UK

The number of commitments in Europe will be much

higher. On May 26, 2016 the EU Council adopted a
general approach on a draft decision aimed at
boosting broadband services. The 700 MHz band
would be made available for wireless broadband in
Europe by 2020. According to the Council position,
EU countries must reassign the 700 MHz band (694790 MHz*) to wireless broadband services under
harmonised technical conditions by 30 June 2020. If
they are unable to do this they may decide, for duly
justified reasons, to delay the availability of the band
by up to two years. Member states must adopt a
'national roadmap' by 30 June 2018, setting out how
they will implement the decision. These roadmaps are
to be made public.
APT700 band 28 is licensed to mobile operators in many
countries, including: Argentina, Australia, Bhutan, Brazil,
Chile, Ecuador, Fiji, France*, Germany*, Japan, Mexico,
New Zealand, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Philippines,
South Korea, Suriname, Taiwan and Vanuatu
*compatible with the lower duplexer arrangement of
APT700 (703-733 / 758-788 MHz)

25 commercially launched APT700 b28 operators

in 14 countries
Country
Papua New
Guinea
Taiwan
Taiwan
New Zealand
Australia
Australia
New Zealand
Taiwan
New Zealand
Panama
Panama
Taiwan
Japan
Japan
Panama
Peru
Vanuatu
Suriname
Bhutan
Chile
Chile
Philippines
Philippines
Brazil
Brazil

APT700
Network
Digicel

Launched

FarEasTone
Taiwan Mobile
Vodafone
Optus
Telstra
Spark
Asia Pacific Telecom
2 Degrees
C and W
Movistar
Ambit Microsystems
KDDI
NTT DoCoMo
Claro
Movistar
Digicel
Telesur
TashiCell
Entel PCS
Movistar
Globe
Smart
Claro
TIM Brasil

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2015 (E)
2015 (E)
06.08.15
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Evolution to LTE report

July 28, 2016

4G MARKET and TECHNOLOGY UPDATE

APT700 User Devices Ecosystem

GSA confirmed in the Status of the LTE Ecosystem
report published on June 24, 2016 that 372 APT700
band 28 devices have been announced comprising
smartphones, tablets, CPEs & MiFis are announced
by many suppliers including Acer, Apple, Asus,
Blackberry, Blu, Epudo, Foxconn/InFocus, Fujitsu,
HP, HTC, Huawei, Lenovo, LG, Maysun, Microsoft,
Miki, Motorola, Netgear, Oppo, Samsung, Sierra
Wireless, Sony Mobile, TCL/Alcatel, and ZTE across
all price points.
Detailed analysis of all announced LTE devices as
verified by GSA is available using GSAs GAMBoD
tool.
Access
restrictions
apply

see
www.gsacom.com/gambod

Visit the APT700 community on the GSA website

http://gsacom.com/communities/apt700/

APT700 band LINKEDIN group:

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4759091