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Wednesday, October 02, 2019

How to Know Your LTE Network Details


As of 19th February, 2019 Kolkata has the following mobile operators : 

Airtel 2G + 3G + 4G + Tata Docomo 2G
Vodafone 2G + 3G + 4G + Idea 2G + 4G
BSNL 2G + 3G
Jio 4G + Reliance 4G
IAF 3G

Updated on 1st November 2019
Airtel 2G + 4G 
Vodafone IN 2G + 3G + 4G
BSNL 2G + 3G
Jio 4G + Reliance 4G 
IAF 3G





Updated on August 28th, 2019 





LTE status
yes 

yes
yes
VoLTE
yes
yes 
yes, 100% VoLTE
4G+ or
LTE-CA
4G+ 
4G+ 
4G+ 
ppppppppppppppppppppp
LTE bands
2300MHz (band 40) + 1800MHz (band 3) +  900MHz (band 8)
1800MHz (band 3) +
2500MHz (band 41) +
testing on band 8
2300MHz (band 40 ) +
1800MHz ( band 3) +  
850MHz (Band 5)


What's your operator offering to you? How strong is the LTE signal of your operator? There are many apps on Android can show you that. 

But if you like to see the 4G signal details like it's on which band or does it offer carrier aggregation you don't have many apps to help you to get that details. 

Jio's NetVelocity app (Play Store) is exclusive for JIO SIM users, who can check their Jio signal is which band - 2300, 1800 or 850 MHz. Though the app doubles as speed tester (that segment works for all SIM or on any WiFi service), it unable to show how much is the bandwidth or you're on LTE-CA or not. 


If you use JioFi you can check band and bandwidth, on the web portal - 



Below are the three apps I have used. 

Interestingly these apps work fine on One Plus 6, it's showing half-baked data on LG K8 (2017). May be because K8 does not support dual LTE/CA or it's a low spec-ed phone the apps do not show the LTE/3G bandwidth nor the band. I checked with Vodafone SIM swapped on SIM 1 and 2 slot, it didn't help. They even did not show band/bandwidth data of Jio, though Jio's NetVelocity app shows the band. 

1. RxMonitor - Play Store link 

Dual SIM support  - Yes, with one click
LTE+ support (CA - 2CA/3CA) - Yes 
Band and Bandwidth detection   - Yes 
VoLTE detection - yes



2. Cellular Z - Play Store link  

Dual SIM support - Yes, different tab for 2nd SIM
LTE+ support (CA - 2CA/3CA) - No
Band and Bandwidth detection - yes 
VoLTE detection - No
Offers more info like MEID, IMEI, SIM IMSI, ICCID, WiFi, Location, Device Hardware details. 



3. G-MoN Pro - Play Store link 

Dual SIM support (get another SIM details by opting SIM 1/2 from Settings)
LTE+ support (CA - 2CA/3CA)
Bandwidth detection - yes 
VoLTE detection - no 


4. Network Signal Info Pro - Play Store Link

This is nothing fancy. 


5. Net Monster - Play Store Link




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