Cell Tower Formats 

2G – GSM / CDMA    800 – 1900MHz
3G – UMTS   400MHz – 3GHz    144 kbit/s
4GLTE   –  Long Term Evolution 5 – 20 (40) MHz
4G HSPA+   Evolved High-Speed Packet Access,  15-20 Mbps
5G / 5G+     NR,   24 – 100 GHz
4G HSPA+   High Speed Downlink Packet Access
LPWA,  LTE-M, NB-IoT    IoT Network,  Low Powered Local Area Network
LPWAN – Low-power, Wide-Area Network, Long-Range at a low bit rate between IoT devices
6G – 100 GHz to 3 THz   – The commercial release date is estimated to be 2028~2030 (wikipedia)

 


CANADA – Cellular Coverage Maps ( Not all Antennas are listed )


Industry Canada    TELUS Coverage Map   BELL Coverage Map   ROGERS Coverage Map   FREEDOM Coverage Map


scadacore

Scadacore   scadacore.com/field-tools/rf-path/cell-tower-map-canada/    scadacore.com/tools/rf-path/cell-tower-map-canada/

 

loxcell

Loxcel Geomatics  loxcel.com/celltower

canadacelltower

Canada Cell Towers Map  www.ertyu.org/steven_nikkel/cancellsites.html

 

canadacellmaps

Canada Cellsite Maps www.canadacellsitemaps.ca

 

cellmapper_vancouver

cellmapper.net/map

 

opencellid.org 

 

https://www.planhub.ca/planhub/coverage-map 

 

EastLink Canada Coverage  www.eastlink.ca/wireless/networktravel/canadacoverage.aspx

WIFI LOCATIONS in British Columbia

shaw.ca/wifi/hotspots/

 

lestourscellulaires.org/distance.php

 


BC TEL ARCHIVES  –  Radio History Archives

56 Remote locations of Cell Towers in BC

https://www.gent.name/bc:bctel:photos 

 


USA

AT&T Coverage    VERIZON Coverage   SPRINT Coverage   T-MOBILE Coverage


 

att.com/maps/wireless-coverage.html 

 

cellreception

cellreception.com/towers

 

cellmapper

cellmapper.net/map

 

antennasearch.com

celltowerinfo.com

wirelessadvisor.com/wireless-company-in-major-cities

 

https://www.speedtest.net/ookla-5g-map

 

AT&T Coverage Map

VERIZON Coverage Map

SPRINT Coverage Map

T-MOBILE Coverage Map 

Cell Tower Images

 


 

FDMA– Frequency Division Multiple Access
GSM –
Global System for Mobile telecommunications
GPRS –
General Packet Radio Service
EDGE –
Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution
TDMA –
Time Division Multiple Access
CDMA –
Code Division Multiple Access
WCDMA –
Wideband CDMA
UMTS –
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
HSPA –
High Speed Packet Access
HSDPA –
High Speed Downlink Packet Access
HSUPA –
High Speed Uplink Packet Access
LTE –
Long Term Evolution
OFDMA –
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access
SC-FDMA –
Single Career Frequency Division Multiple Access
MIMO –
Multiple Input Multiple Output
ITU –
International Telecommunications Unio
UMB –
Ultra Mobile Broadband