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FCC filing foretells ExpressCard data modem for T-Mobile subs?

Published by admin on May 27, 2009

Filed under: Others, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

It’s great that T-Mobile’s actively selling its 3G data network — which still has that new-network smell, may we add — to laptop users, but it won’t be maximally useful until they’ve got both USB and ExpressCard options on the shelf. They’ve got the USB bit out of the way — so turning our attention to the ExpressCard side, it seem that Option’s GlobeTrotter Express 442 might be in the works (the 441 is pictured here, but the 442 is identical in appearance). This versatile piece covers fully four different WCDMA bands with up to 7.2Mbps HSDPA on the downlink and 5.76Mbps on the up, making it very, very useful no matter what country you might take the card to (of course, roaming charges are another matter altogether). No word on whether T-Mobile is actually planning on stocking the 442, but we’re encouraged to see it pass the FCC’s testing with AWS on board, so we’d venture to say it’s a strong possibility.

[Via Cell Phone Signal]

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