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Italy: 4G and 5G bands, and what works for IoT

4 networks · Checked 2026-10-02 · next check by 2027-01-02

🔄 Latest change · · 📶 Bands: Italy: TIM plans to stop 2G voice from September 2028 and dismantle it from 2031; Vodafone keeps 2G until the end of 2030. All changes →

🔄 Latest change · · ✏️ Correction: IoT status: per the GSMA list, TIM runs NB-IoT, not LTE-M; WindTre’s NB-IoT is not in the list and now shows as “not listed”. All changes →

Italy has four national networks: TIM, Vodafone, WindTre and Iliad. 4G is built on B3 (1800 MHz), with B20 (800 MHz) as the coverage layer at TIM, Vodafone and WindTre, plus B8 (900 MHz) at TIM and Vodafone; Iliad has no 800 MHz and covers with B28 (700 MHz), with most capacity on B7 (2600 MHz). 5G is on n78 (3.5 GHz), with n28 at TIM and Iliad. 3G is going: Vodafone closed it in February 2021 and TIM on 15 October 2022, and WindTre planned to finish by the end of 2025; 2G still runs, with no closing date announced. A module for IoT needs at least B3 and B20, and B28 for good coverage on Iliad.

Check your module in Italy

Results cover the 4 networks here; the home page checks every country at once.

Bands and status by network

Operator4G bands5G bands5G SARedCapLTE-MNB-IoT2G3G
TIMTelecom ItaliaB1 B3 B7 B8 B20 B3212n28 n78 n25812Not foundNot launched12Not in GSMA listCommercial11By 2028-0913Switched off (2022)6
VodafoneFastweb + Vodafone (Swisscom)B1 B3 B7 B8 B20 B28 B3213n78 n258 n2813Not foundNot launched12Commercial11Commercial11By 2030-1213Switched off (2021)6
WindTreCK HutchisonB1 B3 B7 B20 B3814n78 n258 n3814Not foundNot launched12Not in GSMA listNot in GSMA list—Winding down9
IliadB1 B3 B7 B2815n28 n78 n25815Not foundNot launched12Not in GSMA listNot in GSMA listNever operated1—10

B20 coverage layer (whole band below 1 GHz)　B3 capacity layer　B38 single source, shown but not scored　Strip: where the network’s 4G bands sit on the frequency axis; the dashed line is 1 GHz.

Band by band

One row per network and one column per band, from low to high frequency; the last three rows show what our dongles support. To test another module, paste its bands on the home page.

In use / supportedPartlyNot supportedSingle sourceCoverage layer (below 1 GHz)
B28n28B20B8B3B1B38n38B7n78n258
Bands each network uses
TIM
Vodafone
WindTre
Iliad
What our dongles support
MF833V
Dongle 400
F40

Popular modules in Italy

How popular third-party modules rate on each network in Italy. Bands come from each maker’s specification and are scored the same way; they are listed to help you look things up, not as a recommendation. To test another module, type its model or paste its bands on the home page.

ModuleTIMVodafoneWindTreIliad
Huawei E5576-320MiFi · Cat 4 · Pocket Wi-Fi · Europe, Asia and Africa version1415✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%
Huawei E5577-320MiFi · Cat 4 · Pocket Wi-Fi with display · Europe, Asia and Middle East version1617✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%
TP-Link M7350MiFi · Cat 4 · Pocket Wi-Fi · Europe and Asia-Pacific version1819✔ Good 100%✔ Good 78%✔ Good 100%◐ Limited 60%
TP-Link M7450MiFi · Cat 6 · Pocket Wi-Fi · European version2018✔ Good 100%✔ Good 78%✔ Good 100%◐ Limited 60%
Quectel RM520N-GL5G Sub-6 · global2122✔ Good 100% 5G✔ Good 100% 5G✔ Good 100% 5G✔ Good 100% 5G
Quectel EG912U-GLCat 1 bis · global2324✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%
Quectel BG77LTE-M / NB-IoT · global2526✔ Good 86%✔ Good 89%? To be confirmed 80%? To be confirmed 80%
Quectel BG770A-GLLTE-M / NB-IoT · global2728✔ Good 86%✔ Good 89%? To be confirmed 80%? To be confirmed 80%
Quectel EG25-GCat 4 · global2930✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%
SIMCom SIM7600G-HCat 4 · global3132✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%
Quectel BG95-M3LTE-M / NB-IoT · global3334✔ Good 86%✔ Good 89%? To be confirmed 80%? To be confirmed 80%
Quectel EG915U-EUCat 1 bis · EMEA, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil3536✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%
u-blox SARA-R510M8SLTE-M / NB-IoT · global3738✔ Good 86%✔ Good 89%? To be confirmed 80%? To be confirmed 80%
Nordic nRF9160LTE-M / NB-IoT · global3940✔ Good 86%✔ Good 89%? To be confirmed 80%? To be confirmed 80%
Quectel EC25-ECat 4 · EMEA4142✔ Good 100%✔ Good 78%✔ Good 100%◐ Limited 60%
Quectel EC200U-EUCat 1 bis · EMEA4344✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%
SIMCom A7670ECat 1 · EMEA and parts of Asia4546✔ Good 100%✔ Good 78%✔ Good 100%◐ Limited 60%
SIMCom SIM7080GLTE-M / NB-IoT · global4748✔ Good 86%✔ Good 89%? To be confirmed 80%? To be confirmed 80%
Quectel BG96LTE-M / NB-IoT · global4950✔ Good 86%✔ Good 89%? To be confirmed 80%? To be confirmed 80%
Quectel EG21-GCat 1 · global5152✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%
u-blox LARA-R6001DCat 1 · global5354✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%
Telit ME910C1-WWLTE-M / NB-IoT · global5556✔ Good 86%✔ Good 89%? To be confirmed 80%? To be confirmed 80%
Quectel RG255C-GL5G RedCap · global5758✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%
Teltonika TRB140 (0*****)DTU / Gateway · Cat 4 · DTU / industrial gateway · Europe, Middle East, Africa, Korea, Thailand596061✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%
Teltonika TRB140 (1*****)DTU / Gateway · Cat 4 · DTU / industrial gateway · South America, Australia, New Zealand6062◐ Limited 71%◐ Limited 78%◐ Limited 60%✔ Good 100%
Teltonika RUTX12 (0*****)Industrial router · Cat 6 · Dual-modem industrial router · Europe, Middle East, Africa, Australia, APAC, Brazil, Malaysia63✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%
Teltonika RUTX12 (1*****)Industrial router · Cat 6 · Dual-modem industrial router · North America63◐ Limited 14%◐ Limited 11%◐ Limited 20%◐ Limited 20%
Teltonika FMC130-ME3Vehicle tracker · Cat 1 · Vehicle tracker · Europe and most of the world646566✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%
Teltonika FMC130-MCIB0Vehicle tracker · Cat 1 · Vehicle tracker · Latin America6465✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%
Quectel EC25-AFCat 4 · North America416768✘ Not usable 0%✘ Not usable 0%✘ Not usable 0%✘ Not usable 0%
Quectel EC25-EUXCat 4 · Europe (with B28)4167✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%
Quectel EC25-MXCat 4 · Mexico6967◐ Limited 14%◐ Limited 33%◐ Limited 20%◐ Limited 60%
Quectel EC25-AUCat 4 · Australia, New Zealand, Latin America6967◐ Limited 71%◐ Limited 78%◐ Limited 60%✔ Good 100%
Huawei E3372h-320Dongle · Cat 4 · USB dongle · Europe, Asia-Pacific and most of the world7071✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%
USR IOT USR-G771-EDTU · Cat 1 · RS232/RS485 DTU · Europe72✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%
USR IOT USR-DR154-EDTU · Cat 1 · Lipstick-size RS485 DTU · international version7374✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%✔ Good 100%

Huawei E5576-320：One of the most common travel pocket Wi-Fi units; no North American B2, B4, B12, B66 or B71, and no 2G.

TP-Link M7350：No B28: in countries that rely on 700 MHz for coverage (Australia, much of Latin America) the rural signal will be weak.

Quectel RM520N-GL：Full 5G (eMBB, NSA and SA), not RedCap; B29, B32 and n29, n75, n76 are downlink only.

Quectel BG77：LTE-M and NB-IoT are assessed together: B14, B26 and B27 are LTE-M only, B71 and B85 are NB-IoT only.

Quectel BG770A-GL：LTE-M and NB-IoT are assessed together: B26 and B27 are LTE-M only, B17 is NB-IoT only.

Quectel BG95-M3：LTE-M and NB-IoT are assessed together: its LTE-M also has B26 and B27, its NB-IoT also has B71.

u-blox SARA-R510M8S：LTE-M and NB-IoT are assessed together: B25 is LTE-M only, B66, B71 and B85 are NB-IoT only, and the “00” versions do not support NB-IoT.

Nordic nRF9160：Bands are those Nordic lists as certified so far; LTE-M and NB-IoT are assessed together.

Quectel EC25-E：The EC25-E has no B28; where B28 is needed (Australia, New Zealand, Israel and others), choose the EC25-EU or EC25-EUX from the same family.

Quectel EC200U-EU：In the same family, the EC200U-AU adds B2, B4 and B66, and the EC200U-CN is for China.

SIMCom A7670E：The A7670E has no B28 and no Americas bands; where they are needed, choose the A7670SA from the same family (B1/2/3/4/5/7/8/28/66).

SIMCom SIM7080G：LTE-M and NB-IoT are assessed together: B14 and B27 are LTE-M only, B71 is NB-IoT only, and the SIM7080G-M supports LTE-M only.

Quectel BG96：LTE-M and NB-IoT are assessed together: B39 is LTE-M only, B25 needs release R1.2 or later, and the BG96-M supports LTE-M only.

Quectel EG21-G：The same 4G bands as the EG25-G at Cat 1 speed (up to 10 Mbit/s), suited to low-data, cost-sensitive devices.

u-blox LARA-R6001D：The D version is data only; for North America, the LARA-R6401 in the same family adds B14, B66 and B71.

Telit ME910C1-WW：LTE-M and NB-IoT are assessed together; the newer ME910G1 family adds North American bands such as B25, B66 and B85, and its versions differ, so check before choosing.

Quectel RG255C-GL：The specification is a preliminary release; the module is certified on T-Mobile. 5G needs 5G SA with RedCap on the network; elsewhere it falls back to LTE Cat 4.

Teltonika TRB140 (0*****)：Listed by the maker as B28A, the lower half of 700 MHz; the few operators using only the upper half of B28 may not work. For the Americas, choose another version.

Teltonika TRB140 (1*****)：No B20 (the 800 MHz coverage layer in Europe): it works in European cities, but suburban and indoor coverage will be weaker; and no B12, B13, B66 or B71, so not for the United States.

Teltonika RUTX12 (0*****)：The maker also lists B32 (1500 MHz), receive-only and only as a secondary carrier in aggregation, so it is not counted as a band that can carry a connection alone. Excludes Japan and China Mobile; no 2G.

Teltonika RUTX12 (1*****)：The maker also lists B29 (700 MHz), receive-only and only as a secondary carrier, so it is not counted. No B71 (T-Mobile 600 MHz); no 2G.

Teltonika FMC130-ME3：Built on the MeiG SLM320-E2 module, LTE Cat 1 with 2G fallback; no 3G. For the Americas, choose the FMC130-MCIB0.

Teltonika FMC130-MCIB0：Built on the MeiG SLM320-LA module, LTE Cat 1 with 2G fallback; no 3G. No B12, B13, B66 or B71: not for the United States.

Quectel EC25-AF：The North American version for Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular, Rogers and Telus; no B1, B3, B7 or B20, so not for Europe or Asia.

Quectel EC25-EUX：Adds B28 over the EC25-E (listed as B28A, the lower half of 700 MHz) but has no B5.

Quectel EC25-MX：Designed for Mexico: B4, B7 and B66 for Telcel, and B28, the only band Altán uses.

Quectel EC25-AU：The maker notes that B2 on the EC25-AU has no receive diversity, so performance drops in weak signal. No B20, B12 or B13: not for Europe or the United States.

Huawei E3372h-320：Per its GCF certification record: LTE B1, B3, B7, B8, B20 and B28, no TDD. Some listings quote the bands of the E3372h-153 (without B28), so check the suffix when buying.

USR IOT USR-G771-E：LTE Cat 1 for the mainstream European bands, with 2G fallback; no B5, so not for the Americas. The Chinese USR-G771 has different bands; do not mix them up.

USR IOT USR-DR154-E：LTE Cat 1, tiny and DIN-rail mountable; the Chinese USR-DR154 has only B1, B3, B5 and B8, so pick the -E version for deployments abroad.

Which IoT module to choose in Italy: picks by use case →

Hyper Nexus dongles in Italy

Scored with the method below; the 5G mark applies to the F40 (RedCap). To test another module, paste its band list.

DongleTIMVodafoneWindTreIliadRoaming SIM (best network)
MF833VCertification: CE✔ Good 100%✔ Good 78%✔ Good 100%◐ Limited 60%✔ Good TIM
Dongle 400Certification: CE✔ Good 100%✔ Good 78%✔ Good 100%◐ Limited 60%✔ Good TIM
F40Certification: Arranged to match shipments◐ Limited 57%5G ◐◐ Limited 67%5G ◐◐ Limited 40%5G ◐✔ Good 80%5G ◐✔ Good Iliad

Good: the main bands and the coverage layer are all supported. Limited: it connects, but some main or coverage bands are missing, so signal is weaker in some areas or indoors. Not usable: no band in common.

Certification details come from Hyper Nexus product data.75

Network access: long-term roaming

Many globally deployed IoT devices use multi-network roaming SIMs that can attach to several networks in a country, but some countries restrict long-term roaming by foreign SIMs. A local SIM roaming domestically is not affected.

◐ No legal ban; it depends on the operators: EU rules do not ban it; long-term roaming depends on wholesale roaming agreements between operators, and agreements allowing it have grown in number.7677

Questions

Which 4G bands does an IoT device need in Italy?

At least B3 (1800 MHz) and B20 (800 MHz): B3 is the main band on all four and B20 the coverage layer at TIM, Vodafone and WindTre. Iliad has no 800 MHz, so good coverage there also needs B28 (700 MHz).

How long will 3G and 2G last in Italy?

Vodafone and TIM have closed 3G and WindTre planned to finish by the end of 2025; none of the four has announced a 2G closing date, so 2G remains the fallback for existing M2M devices. New devices should be built around 4G.

Does the MF833V work in Italy?

Yes: it rates “good” on TIM, Vodafone and WindTre, supporting B1, B3, B7, B8 and B20, and “limited” on Iliad because it lacks B28 (700 MHz). The MF833V holds CE certification.

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