What frequency is used in GSM?

In North America, GSM operates on the primary mobile communication bands 850 MHz and 1900 MHz . In Canada, GSM-1900 is the primary band used in urban areas with 850 as a backup, and GSM-850 being the primary rural band. In the United States, regulatory requirements determine which area can use which band.

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What is frequency spectrum of GSM 800?

Since GSM and CDMA platforms co-exist in India, the 900 MHz band is truncated and called ‘primary GSM’ as the higher frequencies of the 800 MHz band (880-890 MHz ) are allocated to CDMA operators. Therefore, the 900 MHz band allocated to GSM operators in India is smaller than the EGSM band available overseas.

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