A hexa band MIMO antenna configured by two identical folded monopole antennas is proposed. The folded monopole antennas are connected by neutralization line. This antenna covers LTE 700, GSM 1800, GSM 1900, LTE 2300, LTE 2500 and 2.4 GHz WLAN applications. Good isolation characteristics and low envelope correlation coefficient is obtained. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 58:1198–1204, 2016