Does band 71 make a difference?

The 1800MHz band is used by EE and Three and strikes a balance between coverage and capacity (falling between the extremes of the 2.6GHz and 800MHz bands) which makes it a good ‘middle-ground’ for getting 4G around the country.

Does Band 71 really make that much of a difference? Yes, it does ! For customers that are frequently traveling to remote areas, or for residents of remote towns, we have seen it make a tremendous difference. When coupled with a powerful external antenna, the T-Mobile network is optimized to its greatest extent.

Make no mistake, LTE+ is up to twice as fast as the 4G LTE we’ve grown accustomed to. This is a huge improvement, and something worth getting excited about. Download speeds, calls, text, and voice… in the battle of LTE vs LTE advanced, everything is faster and more efficient with LTE advanced/LTE+.

Band 3 (1800 MHz ): The most popular global band for LTE Far more LTE networks have been deployed at 1800 MHz (band 3) than in any other frequency band. Band 3 is now widely used throughout Europe, APAC, MEA and is also deployed in selected countries in South America. It has become a core band for LTE deployments.4 Oca 2019