Digicel (Jamaica)
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Digicel, is a Jamaican GSM/UMTS/LTE provider. Their PLMN is 338 05.
2G (GSM)
Digicel has deployed 2G GSM (EDGE) on the E-GSM (900 MHz) band. GSM-1900 (PCS) was refarmed to LTE.
Cell ID Layout (3 Sectors)
BTS are in the format 5xxx.
Sector ID | Frequency Band | Direction |
---|---|---|
1 | GSM-900 | Northeast |
2 | Southeast | |
3 | West |
3G (UMTS)
Digicel has deployed 3G UMTS (DC-HSPA+) on both UMTS Band II and UMTS Band V. Note, UMTS Band II has been refarmed to LTE.
Cell ID Layout (3 Sectors)
Sector ID | Frequency Band | UARFCN | Uplink | Downlink | PSC | Direction |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Band V
850 |
4408 | 836.6 MHz | 881.6 MHz | a | Northeast |
2 | a+1 | Southeast | ||||
3 | a+2 | West |
4G (LTE)
Digicel has deployed 4G LTE (LTE-A) on the following bands: 2/4/5/12/17. They also have 256 QAM enabled on the network.
Cell ID Layout (3 Sectors)
Sector ID | Frequency Band | EARFCN | Uplink | Downlink | Bandwidth | PCI | Direction |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11 | Band 12 (Band 17 MFBI)
700 |
5120 (5790 for MFBI) | 710 MHz | 740 MHz | 10 MHz | x | Northeast |
12 | x+1 | Southeast | |||||
13 | x+2 | West | |||||
21 | Band 4
1700/2100 |
2060 | 1721 MHz | 2121 MHz | 20 MHz | x | Northeast |
22 | x+1 | Southeast | |||||
23 | x+2 | West | |||||
31 | Band 5
850 |
2600 | 844 MHz | 889 MHz | 10 MHz | x | Northeast |
32 | x+1 | Southeast | |||||
33 | x+2 | West | |||||
41 | Band 2
1900 |
1100 | 1900 MHz | 1980 MHz | 20 MHz | x | Northeast |
42 | x+1 | Southeast | |||||
43 | x+2 | West |
Carrier Aggregation
Digicel Supports Carrier Aggregation between Bands 2 & 4 (2A-4A) as well as between Bands 2, 4 & 12 (2A-4A-12A) and 2, 4 & 5 (2A-4A-5A).