3.6Mbps Data Call on Tri-Band HSDPA PC Card Modem Completed.

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3.6Mbps Data Call on Tri-Band HSDPA PC Card Modem Completed

31-Jan-2006 [Source: Novatel]

[Novatel and Siemens announce the successful completion of their first 3.6Mbps data call at Siemens' lab in Berlin using Siemens' NodeB 880 base station and the new Novatel Wireless' Merlin U870 HSDPA PC Card Modem.]

Berlin & San Diego -- Novatel Wireless today announced it has developed the Merlin U870, a High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) PC Card Modem, to support the global rollout of HSDPA networks.

Novatel Wireless and Siemens have successfully completed their first 3.6Mbps (megabits per second) data call, a wireless link between a base station and a wireless modem. The test data call took place at Siemens' labs in Berlin, using the company's NodeB 880 base station and Novatel Wireless' Merlin U870.

The Merlin U870 is Novatel Wireless' second-generation HSDPA PC Card Modem, which provides accelerated HSDPA speeds of up to 3.6Mbps (megabits per second), compared to the industry's current 1.8Mbps. The product also works on the 800, 1900 and 2100 MHz HSDPA bands in North America and Europe, making it a global roaming card. The card is backward compatible with currently deployed data network technologies including UMTS, EDGE and GPRS.
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