Will my existing SIM card work? What countries and networks will be supported?
The Librem 5 is an open network phone, not locked to any particular network.
For the time being we only offer BroadMobi BM818 modem. Three variants are available, BM818-A1 (Americas), BM818-E1 (Europe), BM818-T1 (Asia, Australia, New Zealand).
Here’s the detailed list of bands supported:
| BroadMobi BM818 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | Frequency/Band | BM818-A1 | BM818-E1 | BM818-T1 |
| 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 | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| TDD-LTE | B34 2000 MHz | ✔ | ||
| B38 2600 MHz | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| B39 1900 MHz | ✔ | |||
| B40 2300 MHz | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| B41 2500 MHz | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Using frequencycheck.com, you can find your carrier under your country to see which bands are supported by them. However, keep in mind that not all of these bands may be available in your area.
To find out which LTE bands are available from cell towers in your area, you can look at cellmapper.net. Additionally, if you call your carrier they may tell you which LTE bands are available in your area but they also may not divulge this information.
Note that some carriers do not allow devices on their networks unless devices are approved by themselves.
