Sierra Expands HSDPA AirCard Line
June 2nd, 2006
Sierra Wireless introduced the 15th product in the company’s AirCard product line, the AirCard 875 wireless wide area network card for HSDPA networks. The AirCard 875 offers increased data speeds and high-speed worldwide roaming, with tri-band HSDPA / UMTS and quad-band Class 12 EDGE / GPRS connectivity.
The AirCard 875 is the latest in a long line of high-quality AirCard PC Card products, built on Sierra Wireless’s 13 years of wireless product development experience. We are committed to continuing industry leadership in developing products for new network technologies and providing the reliable, high-performing wireless devices that our customers have come to expect from Sierra Wireless.
The AirCard 875 is a Type II PC Card with a fixed antenna, supporting peak theoretical data rates of up to 3.6 Mbps on HSDPA networks and is upgradeable to support future network upgrades providing peak data rates of up to 7.2 Mbps2. The AirCard 875 supports HSDPA and UMTS on the 2100, 1900, and 850 MHz frequency bands, plus EDGE and GPRS on the 1900, 1800, 900, and 850 MHz bands, allowing one card to operate at the best available speed on wireless networks worldwide. Commercial shipments of the card are expected to begin in the third quarter of this year.
