Tag: Band 66 frequency

Band 66 is an LTE operating frequency Band . LTE is designed to work across a number of frequency bands – E-UTRA operating bands- currently ranging from 450 MHz up to 3.8GHz. The available bandwidths are also flexible starting with 1.4 MHz up to 20 MHz with Carrier Aggregation allowing use of wider multiples.

Band 66 adds blocks G-J (AWS-3) and the unique AWS-4 block . AWS-1 and AWS-3 (blocks A-J) are paired bands, meaning phones transmit to towers on different frequencies from what towers transmit to phones on. This prevents interference.

AT&T’s agreement involves 20MHz of Band 66 spectrum , which Dish owns nationwide, along with 6MHz of Band 29 spectrum. These are both frequency bands AT&T phones already use; only AT&T uses Band 29. Provided you have a relatively recent phone, you won’t need to do anything to experience better speeds and coverage.