Country

GSM Frequency Usage
(Multiple lines of frequencies indicate different sets of frequencies being used by different carriers.)

Approx. number of GSM cell phone carriers using listed frequencies

Afghanistan

GSM 900

1 carrier

GSM 900/1800

1 carrier

Albania

GSM 900

1 carrier

GSM 900/1800

1 carrier

Algeria

GSM 900

1 carrier

GSM 900/1800

2 carriers

Andorra

GSM 900

1 carrier

Angola

GSM 900

1 carrier

Antigua and Barbuda

GSM 900

1 carrier

GSM 1900

1 carrier

Argentina

GSM 1900

2 carriers

Armenia

GSM 900

1 carrier

GSM 900/1800

1 carrier

Aruba

GSM 900

1 carrier

GSM 900/1800

1 carrier

GSM 1900

1 carrier

Australia

GSM 900/1800

3 carriers

Austria

GSM 900/1800

2 carriers

GSM 1800

2 carriers

Azerbaijan

GSM 900

2 carriers

 

 

 

Bahamas

GSM 1900

1 carrier

Bahrain

GSM 900

1 carrier

GSM 900/1800

1 carrier

Bangladesh

GSM 900

3 carriers

Barbados

GSM 1900

1 carrier

GSM 900/1900

1 carrier

Belarus

GSM 900/1800

2 carriers

Belgium

GSM 900/1800

2 carriers

GSM 1800

1 carrier

Belize

GSM 1900

1 carrier

Benin

GSM 900

3 carriers

Bermuda

GSM 1900

2 carriers

Bhutan

GSM 900

1 carrier

Bolivia

GSM 1900

2 carriers

Bosnia and Herzegovina

GSM 900

3 carriers

Botswana

GSM 900

2 carriers

Brazil

GSM 900/1800

1 carrier

GSM 1800

10 carriers

British Virgin Islands

GSM 900/1900

1 carrier

Brunei

GSM 900

1 carrier

Bulgaria

GSM 900/1800

1 carrier

GSM 900

1 carrierr

Burkina Faso

GSM 900

2 carriers

Burundi

GSM 900

3 carriers

 

 

 

Cambodia

GSM 900

2 carriers

GSM 1800

1 carrier

Cameroon

GSM 900

2 carriers

Canada

GSM 850/1900

1 carrier

GSM 1900

1 carrier

Cape Verde

GSM 900

1 carrier

Cayman Islands

GSM 850/1900

2 carriers

Central African Republic

GSM 900

2 carriers

Chad

GSM 900

1 carrier

Chile

GSM 1900

3 carriers

China

GSM 900

2 carriers

Colombia

GSM 850

2 carriers

GSM 1900

1 carrier

GSM 850/1900

1 carrier

Congo, Republic of

GSM 900

2 carriers

Congo, Democratic Republic of

GSM 900

1 carrier

GSM 1800

1 carrier

GSM 900/1800

2 carriers

Cook Islands

GSM 900

1 carrier

Costa Rica

GSM 1800

1 carrier

Côte d'Ivoire

GSM 900

2 carriers

Croatia

GSM 900

2 carriers

Cuba

GSM 900

1 carrier

Cyprus

GSM 900/1800

2 carriers

Czech Republic

GSM 900/1800

3 carriers

 

 

 

Denmark

GSM 900/1800

4 carriers

Djibouti

GSM 900

1 carrier

Dominica

GSM 900/1900

1 carrier

Dominican Republic

GSM 1800/1900

1 carrier

 

 

 

East Timor

GSM 900

1 carrier

Ecuador

GSM 850

1 carrier

Egypt

GSM 900

2 carriers

El Salvador

GSM 850

1 carrier

GSM 900

1 carrier

GSM 1800

1 carrier

Equatorial Guinea

GSM 900

1 carrier

Eritrea

GSM 900

1 carrier

Estonia

GSM 900/1800

3 carriers

Ethiopia

GSM 900

1 carrier

 

 

 

Faroe Islands

GSM 900

2 carriers

Fiji

GSM 900

1 carrier

Finland

GSM 900

1 carrier

GSM 900/1800

3 carriers

France

GSM 900

1 carrier

GSM 900/1800

2 carriers

French Polynesia

GSM 900

1 carrier

French West Indies

GSM 900

2 carriers

GSM 900/1800

2 carriers

 

 

 

Gabon

GSM 900

2 carriers

Gambia

GSM 900

2 carriers

Georgia

GSM 900/1800

2 carriers

Germany

GSM 900/1800

2 carriers

GSM 1800

2 carriers

Ghana

GSM 900

3 carriers

Gibraltar

GSM 900

1 carrier

Greece

GSM 900/1800

1 carrier

GSM 900

2 carriers

GSM 1800

1 carrier

Greenland

GSM 900

1 carrier

Grenada

GSM 900/1800

1 carrier

GSM 900/1900

1 carrier

Guam

GSM 850/1900

1 carrier

GSM 1900

1 carrier

Guatemala

GSM 850

1 carrier

GSM 1900

2 carriers

Guernsey

GSM 900

1 carrier

GSM 1800

1 carrier

Guinea

GSM 900

3 carriers

Guinea Bissau

GSM 900

1 carrier

Guyana

GSM 900

2 carriers

 

 

 

Haiti

GSM 850

1 carrier

Holland

GSM 900/1800

2 carriers

GSM 1800

2 carriers

Honduras

GSM 850

1 carrier

GSM 1900

1 carrier

Hong Hong

GSM 900/1800

3 carriers

GSM 1800

3 carriers

Hungary

GSM 900/1800

3 carriers

 

 

 

Iceland

GSM 900/1800

1 carrier

GSM 900

1 carrier

GSM 1800

1 carrier

India

GSM 900

5 carriers

GSM 900/1800

3 carriers

Indonesia

GSM 900/1800

3 carriers

GSM 1800

1 carrier

Iran

GSM 900

4 carriers

Iraq

GSM 900

5 carriers

Ireland

GSM 900/1800

3 carriers

Isle of Man

GSM 900

1 carrier

Israel

GSM 900

1 carrier

GSM 900/1800

1 carrier

Italy

GSM 900/1800

3 carriers

 

 

 

Jamaica

GSM 900/1800/1900

1 carrier

Jersey

GSM 900/1800

1 carrier

Jordan

GSM 900

2 carriers

GSM 1800

1 carrier

 

 

 

Kazakhstan

GSM 900

2 carriers

Kenya

GSM 900

2 carriers

Kiribati

GSM 900

1 carrier

Korea, North

GSM 900

1 carrier

Kuwait

GSM 900/1800

2 carriers

Kyrgyzstan

GSM 900

1 carrier

 

 

 

Laos

GSM 900

2 carriers

GSM 900/1800

2 carriers

Latvia

GSM 900

1 carrier

GSM 900/1800

1 carrier

Lebanon

GSM 900

2 carriers

Lesotho

GSM 900

2 carriers

Liberia

GSM 900

3 carriers

GSM 900/1800

1 carrier

Libya

GSM 900

1 carrier

Liechtenstein

GSM 900

1 carrier

GSM 1800

2 carriers

GSM 900/1800

1 carrier

Lithuania

GSM 900

2 carriers

GSM 900/1800

1 carrier

Luxembourg

GSM 900/1800

2 carriers

GSM 1800

1 carrier

 

 

 

Macau

GSM 900/1800

3 carriers

Macedonia (formerly Yugoslavia)

GSM 900

2 carriers

Madagascar

GSM 900

2 carriers

Malawi

GSM 900

2 carriers

Malaysia

GSM 900/1800

2 carriers

GSM 1800

1 carrier

Maldives

GSM 900

2 carriers

Mali

GSM 900

2 carriers

Malta

GSM 900

1 carrier

GSM 1800

1 carrier

Mauritania

GSM 900

2 carriers

Mauritius

GSM 900

2 carriers

Mexico

GSM 1900

2 carriers

Micronesia

GSM 900

1 carrier

Moldova

GSM 900

2 carriers

Monaco

GSM 900

1 carrier

Mongolia

GSM 900

1 carrier

Montserrat

GSM 850

1 carrier

Morocco

GSM 900

2 carriers

Mozambique

GSM 900/1800

1 carrier

Myanmar

GSM 900

1 carrier

 

 

 

Namibia

GSM 900/1800

1 carrier

Nepal

GSM 900

1 carrier

Netherlands

GSM 900/1800

2 carriers

GSM 1800

2 carriers

Netherlands Antilles

GSM 900/1800

2 carriers

GSM 900

2 carriers

New Caledonia

GSM 900

1 carrier

New Zealand

GSM 900

1 carrier

Nicaragua

GSM 1900

1 carrier

Niger

GSM 900

3 carriers

Nigeria

GSM 900/1800

4 carriers

Northern Mariana Islands

GSM 1900

1 carrier

Norway

GSM 900/1800

2 carriers

GSM 1800

2 carriers

 

 

 

Oman

GSM 900

2 carriers

 

 

 

Pakistan

GSM 900

2 carriers

GSM 900/1800

3 carriers

Palestinian Territory

GSM 900

1 carrier

Panama

GSM 850

2 carriers

Papua New Guinea

GSM 900

1 carrier

Paraguay

GSM 1900

2 carriers

GSM 850

1 carrier

GSM 1900/850

1 carrier

Peru

GSM 1900

1 carrier

Philippines

GSM 900/1800

2 carriers

GSM 900

1 carrier

GSM 1800

1 carrier

Poland

GSM 900/1800

3 carriers

Portugal

GSM 900/1800

3 carriers

 

 

 

Qatar

GSM 900/1800

1 carrier

 

 

 

Reunion

GSM 900/1800

1 carrier

GSM 900

1 carrier

Romania

GSM 900/1800

1 carrier

GSM 900

1 carrier

GSM 1800

1 carrier

Russia

GSM 900

9 carriers

GSM 1800

7 carriers

GSM 900/1800

12 carriers

Rwanda

GSM 900

1 carrier

 

 

 

São Tomé and Príncipe

GSM 900

1 carrier

Saudi Arabia

GSM 900

2 carriers

Senegal

GSM 900

2 carriers

Serbia

GSM 900/1800

2 carriers

GSM 900

2 carriers

Seychelles

GSM 900

2 carriers

GSM 850/900/1800

1 carrier

Sierra Leone

GSM 900

2 carriers

Singapore

GSM 900

2 carriers

GSM 1800

1 carrier

Slovakia

GSM 900

1 carrier

GSM 900/1800

1 carrier

Slovenia

GSM 900/1800

2 carriers

GSM 1800

1 carrier

Soloman Islands

GSM 900

1 carrier

Somalia

GSM 900

3 carriers

GSM 900/1800

1 carriers

South Africa

GSM 900

2 carriers

GSM 1800

1 carrier

Spain

GSM 900/1800

2 carriers

GSM 1800

1 carrier

Sri Lanka

GSM 900

3 carriers

GSM 1800

1 carrier

St. Kitts and Nevis

GSM 850/1900

1 carrier

St. Lucia

GSM 900/1800/1900

1 carrier

GSM 900/1900

1 carrier

GSM 850

1 carrier

St. Pierre and Miquelon

GSM 900

1 carrier

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

GSM 900/1800

1 carrier

GSM 900/1900

1 carrier

GSM 850

1 carrier

Sudan

GSM 900/1800

1 carrier

GSM 900

1 carrier

Suriname

GSM 900/1800

1 carrier

Swaziland

GSM 900

1 carrier

Sweden

GSM 900/1800

2 carriers

GSM 900

2 carriers

Switzerland

GSM 900/1800

2 carriers

GSM 1800

3 carriers

Syria

GSM 900/1800

2 carriers

GSM 900

1 carrier

 

 

 

Tahiti

GSM 900

1 carrier

Taiwan

GSM 900

1 carrier

GSM 900/1800

2 carriers

GSM 1800

2 carriers

Tajikistan

GSM 900

3 carriers

GSM 900/1800

1 carriers

Tanzania

GSM 900/1800

2 carriers

GSM 900

1 carrier

GSM 900/1800/400

1 carrier

Thailand

GSM 1800

3 carriers

GSM 900

1 carrier

GSM 1900

1 carrier

Togo

GSM 900

2 carriers

Tonga

GSM 900

2 carriers

Trinidad and Tobago

GSM 1800

1 carrier

Tunisia

GSM 900

2 carriers

Turkey

GSM 900

2 carriers

GSM 1800

1 carrier

Turkmenistan

GSM 900

1 carrier

Turks and Caicos Islands

GSM 850

1 carrier

 

 

 

Uganda

GSM 900

3 carriers

Ukraine

GSM 900/1800

2 carriers

GSM 1800

2 carriers

GSM 900

1 carrier

United Arab Emirates

GSM 900

1 carrier

United Kingdom

GSM 900/1800

2 carriers

GSM 1800

2 carriers

United States

GSM 1900

18 carriers

GSM 850

14 carriers

GSM 1900/850

4 carriers

Uruguay

GSM 1800

1 carrier

Uzbekistan

GSM 900/1800

2 carriers

GSM 900

1 carrier

 

 

 

Vanuatu

GSM 900

1 carrier

Venezuela

GSM 900

3 carriers

Vietnam

GSM 900

3 carriers

GSM 900/1800

1 carrier

 

 

 

Yemen

GSM 900

2 carriers

 

 

 

Zambia

GSM 900

3 carriers

Zimbabwe

GSM 900

3 carriers