Australian Cellular Spectrum Summary
Band Operator License
Freq 3GPP FDD/TDD Region Telstra Optus VHA TPG NBN Rail ARA Dense Air Year Cost
700MHz 28 FDD National 2X20MHz 2X10MHz 2013 $1,866M
850MHz 5 FDD Capital Cities 2X10MHz 2X10MHz 1998 $200M
Regional 2X15MHz 2X5MHz
National 2X10MHz Dec 2021 $616M
900MHz 8 FDD National 2X25MHz Dec 2021 $1,476M
1800MHz 3 FDD Sydney, Melbourne 2X15MHz 2X15MHz 2X30MHz 2X15MHz 1998/2000 $1,500M
Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth 2X20MHz 2X15MHz 2X25MHz 2X15MHz
ACT, Tasmania, Darwin 2X10MHz 2X5MHz
Cairns, Regional SA 2X12.5MHz
Regions Other 2X15MHz
1800MHz 3 FDD Regional 2X20/25MHz 2X20/25MHz 2X5MHz 2X10MHz 2016 $543M
Canberra 2X10MHz 2X20MHz 2X20MHz 2X10MHz
Darwin 2X25MHz 2X5MHz 2X10MHz
2100MHz 1 FDD Sydney, Melbourne 2X15MHz 2X10MHz 2X25MHz 2001 $1,170M
Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth 2X15MHz 2X10MHz 2X20MHz
ACT, Hobart, Darwin 2X15MHz 2X10MHz 2X10MHz
Regional 2X10MHz 2X5MHz 2X5MHz
2100MHz 1 FDD Sydney, Melbourne 2X10MHz 2010 $100M
Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth 2X10MHz
ACT, Hobart, Darwin 2X10MHz
Regional 2X10MHz 2010
2300MHz 40 TDD Sydney, Newcastle, W’gong 1X98MHz 1994-5/2000 $100M
Greater Melbourne 1X98MHz
ACT, Adelaide Brisbane 1X98MHz
Perth, Southern WA 1X98MHz
Other Regions 1X98MHz
2600MHz 7 FDD National 2X40MHz 2X20MHz 2X10MHz 2013 $95M
3400MHz 42 TDD Sydney, Melbourne 1X112MHz 2000 $112M
Brisbane 1X68MHz
Adelaide 1X65MHz
Perth, Canberra 1X72MHz
Other Regions 1X72MHz
3600MHz n78 TDD Sydney, Melbourne 1X60MHz 1X60MHz with VHA 1X5MHz 2018 $853M
Adelaide, Brisb, ACT, Perth 1X30MHz 1X60MHz with VHA 1X35MHz
Regional (Average) 1X50MHz 1X35MHz 1X40MHz with VHA

 

 

More information on Australian Spectrum Auctions are available on the ACMA web site here.

The summary graph of Australian FDD TDD and mmWave spectrum holdings is below.

NBN owns 98MHz of 2300MHz spectrum in regional areas. This was bought by NBN from Austar in February 2011. Austar in turn acquired this regional spectrum in a spectrum swap and cash deal with Unwired in 2005. NBN uses this spectrum for the delivery of its LTE based wireless fixed broadband wholesale service.

 

Australian FDD Spectrum Holdings

Australian TDD Spectrum Holdings

 

 mmWave Spectum Chart 2021 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3GPP Standard Bands Chart

Band Name Downlink (MHz) Bandwidth
(MHz)
Uplink (MHz) Duplex spacing
(MHz)
Equivalent
UMTS band
Geographical
Area
Low Middle High Low Middle High
Earfcn Earfcn
FDD
1 IMT 2100 2110
0
2140
300
2170
599
60 1920
18000
1950
18300
1980
18599
190 1 EMEA
2 PCS 1900 1930
600
1960
900
1990
1199
60 1850
18600
1880
18900
1910
19199
80 2 NAR
3 DCS 1800 1805
1200
1842
1575
1880
1949
75 1710
19200
1747
19575
1785
19949
95 3 World
4 AWS 2110
1950
2132
2175
2155
2399
45 1710
19950
1732
20175
1755
20399
400 4 NAR
5 US 850 Cellular 869
2400
881
2525
894
2649
25 824
20400
836
20525
849
20649
45 5 NAR
6 UTRA only 875
2650
880
2700
885
2749
10 830
20650
835
20700
840
20749
45 6 APAC
7 2.6 GHz 2620
2750
2655
3100
2690
3449
70 2500
20750
2535
21100
2570
21449
120 7 EMEA
8 GSM 900 925
3450
942
3625
960
3799
35 880
21450
897
21625
915
21799
45 8 World
9 1700 MHz 1844.9
3800
1862
3975
1879.9
4149
35 1749.9
21800
1767
21975
1784.9
22149
95 9 APAC
10 AWS Extended 2110
4150
2140
4450
2170
4749
60 1710
22150
1740
22450
1770
22749
400 10 NAR
11 Japan 1500 Lower 1475.9
4750
1485
4850
1495.9
4949
20 1427.9
22750
1437
22850
1447.9
22949
48 11 Japan
12 US 700ac Lower 729
5010
737
5095
746
5179
17 699
23010
707
23095
716
23179
30 12 NAR
13 US 700c Upper 746
5180
751
5230
756
5279
10 777
23180
782
23230
787
23279
-31 13 NAR
14 US Public Safety 758
5280
763
5330
768
5379
10 788
23280
793
23330
798
23379
-30 14 NAR
17 US 700bc Lower 734
5730
740
5790
746
5849
12 704
23730
710
23790
716
23849
30 NAR
18 Japan 800 Lower 860
5850
867
5925
875
5999
15 815
23850
822
23925
830
23999
45 Japan
19 Japan 800 Upper 875
6000
882
6075
890
6149
15 830
24000
837
24075
845
24149
45 19 Japan
20 Europe 800 EDD 791
6150
806
6300
821
6449
30 832
24150
847
24300
862
24449
-41 20 EMEA
21 Japan 1500 Upper 1495.9
6450
1503
6525
1510.9
6599
15 1447.9
24450
1455
24525
1462.9
24599
48 21 Japan
22 3.5 Ghz 3510
6600
3550
7000
3590
7399
80 3410
24600
3450
25000
3490
25399
100 22
23 S-Band 2 GHz 2180
7500
2190
7600
2200
7699
20 2000
25500
2010
25600
2020
25699
180 NAR
24 L Band 1525
7700
1542
7870
1559
8039
34 1626.5
25700
1643
25870
1660.5
26039
-101.5 NAR
25 PCS 1900ag 1930
8040
1962
8365
1995
8689
65 1850
26040
1882
26365
1915
26689
80 25 NAR
26 US 850 Extended 859
8690
876
8865
894
9039
35 814
26690
831
26865
849
27039
45 26 NAR
27 US 800 SMR 852
9040
860
9125
869
9209
17 807
27040
815
27125
824
27209
45 NAR
28 700 MHz APAC 758
9210
780
9435
803
9659
45 703
27210
725
27435
748
27659
55 APAC
29 US 700de Lower 717
9660
722
9715
728
9769
11 Downlink
only
NAR
TDD
33 TDD 2000 1900
36000
1910
36100
1920
36199
20 A
34 TDD 2000 Europe 2010
36200
2017
36275
2025
36349
15 A EMEA
35 TDD PCS Lower 1850
36350
1880
36650
1910
36949
60 B NAR
36 TDD PCS Upper 1930
36950
1960
37250
1990
37549
60 B NAR
37 TDD PCS Center gap 1910
37550
1920
37650
1930
37749
20 C NAR
38 China TDD 2.6 GHz 2570
37750
2595
38000
2620
38249
50 D China
39 China TDD 1.9 GHz 1880
38250
1900
38450
1920
38649
40 F China
40 China TDD 2.3 GHz 2300
38650
2350
39150
2400
39649
100 E China
41 TDD 2.5 GHz 2496
39650
2593
40620
2690
41589
194 NAR
42 TDD 3.4 GHz 3400
41590
3500
42590
3600
43589
200
43 TDD 3.6 GHz 3600
43590
3700
44590
3800
45589
200
44 TDD 700 APAC 703
45590
753
46090
803
46589
100 APAC

Earfcn  is EUTRA Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number

There is a comprehensive list of LTE operators including their spectrum bands on the Wiki here and for UMTS here.