Now that Globe and Smart have more LTE frequencies, we should be expecting wider coverage and better speeds in the coming months. Globe LTE Support: FDD 1800MHz (Band 3), FDD 2600MHz (Band 7), TDD 2500MHz (Band 41) Smart LTE Support: Band 1 (2100MHz), FDD 1800MHz (Band 3), Band 5 (850MHz) Between the two, the most highly used bands are in the 1800MHz and 2100MHz, plus the upcoming 700MHz. It's been 6 months since OpenSignal released a State of LTE Report with the Philippines getting an average of 8.59Mbps. In terms of 4G availability, the Philippines ranked 72nd (out of 75) with 52.77% LTE coverage ( the percentage of the time that users can connect to a 4G network). This is a little better than the 44.8% LTE availability that the Philippines got back in November 2016. South Korea leads the pack with 96.38% LTE availability and Japan at 93.48%. Smart has just confirmed the pricing of their new 42Mbps Smart LTE service. The postpaid Plan 3500 comes with a free LTE dongle (worth Php8k). Read more in our articles including "List of Devices that support 700MHz, 1800MHz and 2100MHz LTE" and "Philippines at 8.59Mbps on LTE this 2017 - OpenSignal".
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Jun 14, 2026Now that Globe and Smart have more LTE frequencies, we should be expecting wider coverage and better speeds in the coming months. Globe LTE Support: FDD 1800MHz (Band 3), FDD 2600MHz (Band 7), TDD 2500MHz (Band 41) Smart LTE Support: Band 1 (2100MHz), FDD 1800MHz (Band 3), Band 5 (850MHz) Between the two, the most highly used bands are in the 1800MHz and 2100MHz, plus the upcoming 700MHz.
It's been 6 months since OpenSignal released a State of LTE Report with the Philippines getting an average of 8.59Mbps. In terms of 4G availability, the Philippines ranked 72nd (out of 75) with 52.77% LTE coverage ( the percentage of the time that users can connect to a 4G network). This is a little better than the 44.8% LTE availability that the Philippines got back in November 2016.
Our coverage of lte 2100mhz includes: "List of Devices that support 700MHz, 1800MHz and 2100MHz LTE"; "Philippines at 8.59Mbps on LTE this 2017 - OpenSignal"; "Smart LTE Plan 3500 confirmed!". Each article provides unique insights and information.