User guide

Rev 1.0 Sep. 09 9
11: Introducing the Sierra Wireless
USB Modem
• Services supported
• Your account and
coverage area
• Modem software
• Frequency band
support
About the USB modems
SierraWirelessUSBwirelessmodems enableyoutoconnectto
theInternet,sendandreceiveemail,connecttoacorporate
networkorvirtualprivatenetwork(VPN),orviewstreaming
video,withouttheneedforacable.
TheUSBmodemsconnecttoaTypeAUSBportonyour
computer.
Themodems
areTRU‐Install

enabled.Alltherequired
softwareisonthemodem.Whenyousetupyourmodem,the
softwareisinstalledonyourcomputer.Youdonotneedan
installationCD.
Themodemshaveabuilt‐inantennaand mayhaveaslotthat
accommodatesamicroSDexternalmemorycard.Depending
onyour
serviceprovider,amicroSD

cardmaybeincludedin
yourpackage,oryoumayneedtopurchaseitseparately.
Services supported
Dependingonthemodel,yourmodemsupportsspeedsofup
to21Mbps(Megabitspersecond).However,actualspeed
dependsontheservicesofferedbyyourserviceprovider.
Contactyourserviceproviderandvisit
www.sierrawireless.comfordetails.
Maximumtheoreticaldataspeedsare:
• EvolvedHighSpeedPacketAccess(EvolvedHSPAor
HSPA+)—up
to21 Mbps
• HighSpeedDownloadPacketAccess(HSDPA)—upto
7.2 Mbps
• HighSpeedUploadPacketAccess(HSUPA)—upto
5.76 Mbps
• ConcurrentHSDPA/HSUPA(HSPA)—upto3.6Mbps
downloadandupto1.5Mbpsupload