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It is up to buyers of the Librem 5 to test the phone with their own cellular network provider. For people **in the US** who wish to avoid testing, Purism offers its [AweSIM](https://puri.sm/products/librem-awesim/) cellular network service in the US, which is compatible with the Librem 5.
The following is a list of the cellular providers which community members have tested with the Librem 5. Note that VolTE is still work-in-progress. The table is sorted alphabetically by country and provider but keep USA at the top and international at the end:
The following is a list of the cellular providers which community members have tested with the Librem 5. Note that VolTE is still work-in-progress. The table is sorted alphabetically by country and provider but keep USA at the top and international at the end. If you have more info, please add to this table.
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The BM818 has VoLTE support but it is not enabled by default. This is still a work in progress.
<sup>2</sup>UK iD Mobile: The operator’s name appears as "i" instead of iD on the Librem 5, but does not seem to affect operation.
<sup>2</sup> UK iD Mobile: The operator’s name appears as "i" instead of iD on the Librem 5, but does not seem to affect operation.<br>I have VoLTE enabled all the time, and it works fine for me almost all the time. This has remained consistently the case, except that, one year ago, I discovered at least one specific geographic location where the phone would not ring for incoming calls when using VoLTE, making it seem like I was ignoring calls and breaking outgoing calls. I had to switch to 3G in that location. [forum post] It’s possible the experience may have improved since then, as I haven’t tried making or taking a call in that location recently. VoLTE still works fine in the places where I normally use it.
I have VoLTE enabled all the time, and it works fine for me almost all the time. This has remained consistently the case, except that, one year ago, I discovered at least one specific geographic location where the phone would not ring for incoming calls when using VoLTE, making it seem like I was ignoring calls and breaking outgoing calls. I had to switch to 3G in that location. [forum post] It’s possible the experience may have improved since then, as I haven’t tried making or taking a call in that location recently. VoLTE still works fine in the places where I normally use it.
<sup>3</sup> UK Three: In practice, according to Cellmapper.net, almost all _Three_ cell sites seem to operate on bands 3, 1 and 20, with 3 the most common, followed by 1, and 20 the least common. Where other bands are used, they seem to be in addition to these main bands, so modem compatibility is a non-issue.
\*I had VoLTE enabled all the time and found it worked fine for me, but see note about VoLTE on ID Mobile, which might also apply to Three as it’s the same physical network (not tested).
Please add to this table and modify it if [more columns are needed](https://forums.puri.sm/t/planning-ahead-what-and-how-to-report-on-l5-when-the-time-comes/10046).
<sup>3</sup> UK Three: In practice, according to Cellmapper.net, almost all _Three_ cell sites seem to operate on bands 3, 1 and 20, with 3 the most common, followed by 1, and 20 the least common. Where other bands are used, they seem to be in addition to these main bands, so modem compatibility is a non-issue.<br>I had VoLTE enabled all the time and found it worked fine for me, but see note about VoLTE on ID Mobile, which might also apply to Three as it’s the same physical network (not tested).
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