MTN Fastlink 7.2M Vodafone E220 HSDPA EDGE 3G WCDMA/HSDPA USB Modem

Description

• 100% Brand New
• The device contains not only the cellular antenna but also about 22MB (10MB on older versions) of storage memory accessible to the operating system as a USB mass storage device formatted with CDFS, thus emulating a CD-ROM drive. In this memory, E220 devices supplied by mobile operators may contain 3G dialer software written by the operator, while Huawei-branded devices contain Huawei's original firmware. Huawei's firmware and updates for it are also available for flashing from Huawei's website, or the firmware for 7.2 Mbit/s from the URL we provided in Email.( In reality "flashing" this device means writing a firmware image to its internal flash memory). Flashing the firmware of this device doesn't change the memory used for their operator's software, therefore connection settings (such as APN) will be retained. The software loaded on the device may start automatically through Windows's autostart facility, which can be bypassed by pressing the Shift key while inserting the USB cable of E220.


• E220 connects to the computer with a standard Mini USB cable. The device comes with two cables, one short and one long. The long one has two USB A interfaces, one used for data and power and the other optionally only for assistance power in case the computer is not able to provide the full 500 mA (milliamperes) required for the device to work from one USB interface only. If your connection gets disrupted often or isn't really stable, consider using the two plug usb cable and supplying secondary power.


• The E220 antenna is internal; the USB cable does not act as an antenna. There is a way to connect an external antenna even though there is no antenna connector. Together with a high gain antenna like an LPDA or an OMNI booster antenna and an adapter, signal strength can be considerably improved. There is also a way to open the modem, remove the small internal antenna, and solder a umts-antenna cable onto the board. You will invalidate the guarantee, but it can be a cheap and functional way to connect an external antenna.


• IMPORTANT: This 3G Modem is for MTN and Virgin network only, but not for Vodacom network. We are not responsible for Vodacom network compatibility problem if you want to use it for Vodacom network.

Specification

• Automatic installation and easy to use
• Supporting HSDPA/UMTS 2100MHz and GSM/GPRS/EDGE 900/1800/1900MHz
• Supporting HSDPA service with a maximum transmission rate of upto 7.2 Mbps
• Supporting UMTS packet domain data service with a maximum transmission rate of 384kbps
• Supporting EDGE packet data service with a maximum transmission rate of 236.8kbps
• Mini USB interface: supporting USB 2.0 Full Speed
• Antenna: Internal antenna
• SIM/USIM card: standard 6 PIN SIM card interface
• Support Windows 2000/XP/Vista & Mac OS
• Supports SMS Services
• Plug & Play Device

7.2M Vodafone E220 HSDPA EDGE 3G WWAN USB Modem for MTN WCDMA/HSPDA