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This paper proposes a two-element multi-input multi-output (MIMO) open-slot antenna implemented on the display ground plane of a laptop computer for eight-band long-term evolution/wireless wide-area network operations. The metal surroundings of the antennas have been well integrated as a part of the radiation structure. In the single-element open-slot antenna, the nearby hinge slot (which is bounded by two ground planes and two hinges) is relatively large as compared with the open slot itself and acts as a good radiator. In the MIMO antenna consisting of two open-slot elements, a T slot is embedded in the display ground plane and is connected to the hinge slot. The T and hinge slots when connected behave as a radiator; whereas, the T slot itself functions as an isolation element. With the isolation element, simulated isolations between the two elements of the MIMO antenna are raised from 8.3–11.2 to 15–17.1 dB in 698–960 MHz and from 12.1–21 to 15.9–26.7 dB in 1710–2690 MHz. Measured isolations with the isolation element in the desired low- and high-frequency ranges are 17.6–18.8 and 15.2–23.5 dB, respectively. Measured and simulated efficiencies for the two-element MIMO antenna with either element excited are both larger than 50% in the desired operating frequency bands.