Supported Networks

Overview

The Librem 5 and Liberty are fully-unlocked, network-unrestricted phones.

Carriers

The following is provided as general guidance for your convenience and may not reflect actual compatibility in all regions described:

United States

MNO

Supported

Notes

AT&T

No

Librem AweSIM uses ATT as its MNO and is supported

T-Mobile

Yes

Several TMO MVNE are also supported

Verizon Wireless

No

VZW requires substantial licensing fees for devices to be included on its network

Modems

Device

Modem

Region

Librem 5 / Liberty

BM818-A1

Americas

BM818-E1

Europe

BM818-T1

Asia, Australia, New Zealand

Librem 5 DevKit

SIM7100A

North America

SIM7100E

Outside North America

Note

Only the Broadmobi BM818 modem is supported on production Librem 5 and Liberty models at this time. The SIMCom 7100A and SIMCom 7100E modems were standard equipment on the Librem 5 development kit and listed only for informational purposes.

All modems offer a degree of overlap of coverage in any region, reflected as supported coverage in the most important bands, but there may be gaps in coverage based on your geographical area. If purchasing a new device from the Librem 5 and Liberty Phone shop pages, choose the modem model that services the most appropriate region for your geographical area.

A unique feature of the Librem 5 and Liberty phone is that both the modem and SIM card is user-changeable. If purchasing an additional Librem 5 Modem in order to have expanded coverage for travel purposes, consider the frequencies as well as available cellular network carriers in your travel destination.

The Librem 5 will accept 4G LTE and 5G SIM cards, but are limited to the capabilities of the cellular modem installed. See below for details.

Bands

Standard

Frequency/Band

BM818-A1

BM818-E1

BM818-T1

SIM7100A

SIM7100E

GSM/GPRS/EDGE

GSM 850 MHz

✔

✔

✔

EGSM 900 MHz

✔

✔

✔

DCS 1800 MHz

✔

✔

✔

PCS 1900 MHz

✔

✔

✔

CDMA

BC0 800 MHz

✔

HSPA+/WCDMA

B1 2100 MHz

✔

✔

✔

B2 1900 MHz

✔

✔

✔

✔

B3 1800 MHz

B4 1700 MHz

✔

✔

B5 850 MHz

✔

✔

✔

✔

B8 900 MHz

✔

✔

✔

LTE-FDD

B1 2100 MHz

✔

✔

✔

B2 1900 MHz

✔

✔

✔

✔

B3 1800 MHz

✔

✔

✔

✔

B4 1700 MHz

✔

✔

✔

B5 850 MHz

✔

✔

✔

✔

B7 2600 MHz

✔

✔

✔

B8 900 MHz

✔

✔

✔

B12 700 MHz

✔

B13 700 MHz

✔

B17 700 MHz

✔

✔

B20 800 MHz

✔

✔

B25 1900 MHz

✔

B26 850 MHz

✔

B28 700 MHz

✔

B66 1700 MHz

✔

✔

LTE-TDD

B34 2000 MHz

✔

B38 2600 MHz

✔

✔

✔

B39 1900 MHz

✔

B40 2300 MHz

✔

✔

✔

B41 2500 MHz

✔

✔

✔

Notes

  1. Not all bands may be available in your area. Refer to frequencycheck.com to determine which cellular bands are supported by your carrier in your country.

  2. LTE will be unavailable to you if you require an LTE band that is not supported by your listed modem. Refer to cellmapper.net to determine which LTE bands are available from cell towers in your area.

  3. Your cellular network carrier may inform you which LTE bands are supported in your area, but they may not necessarily be required to divulge this information.

  4. Some carriers do not allow devices on their networks unless devices are manually approved by them.

See also