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What are cellular frequency bands? All Cellular communications in North America (with the exception of Nextel, Southern Linc and Mike) are conducted on two frequency bands. Service providers have purchased licences from the FCC that cover specific geographic areas to use channels within one or both of these bands. The first band that was sold by the FCC at the dawn of cellular was called the "Cellular Band", also commonly referred to as the "800 or 850 Band", and it spans a frequency range between 824-849 Mhz (megaherz) for signals that are sent by the cell phone to the tower and 869-894 Mhz for signals that are sent from the tower to the cell phone. The second band that was sold by the FCC in the 1990's was called the "PCS Band", also commonly refered to as the "1900 Band". PCS stands for personal communication system. This band spans the frequency range of 1850-1910 Mhz for signals that are sent by the cell phone to the tower and 1930-1990 Mhz for signals that are sent from the tower to the cell phone.
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