later recycling frequencies Yeah this is what I would think. My understanding is that in North America a lot of plum 800MHz bands are currently occupied by 3G

later recycling frequencies Yeah this is what I would think. My understanding is that in North America a lot of plum 800MHz bands are currently occupied by 3G umts. edit - yes, both Verizon and AT&T are dedicating a single band of 850MHz spectrum for umts. So this would let them move that to 4G or 5G.