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Huawei E398u-18 4G LTE FDD USB Modem Review

Comparing with Huawei E398 other branch models, such as Huawei E398u-11, E398u-1 and E398u-15, Huawei E398u-18 should be a special one, it’s not because Huawei E398u-18 has different appearance as other models, it’s due to Huawei E398u-18 supports the special FDD LTE band 8 (900MHz), which is rarely deployed per current 4G network situation.

HUAWEI E398U-18 FACE LOGO

According to the GSA report about 4G LTE network, the Band 8 (900MHz) is only available in few countries and areas, such as KT Corporation in South Korea, Telenor in Sweden. And in the market, few 4G modems could support this band. Huawei E398u-18 is one of them.

Today, we get the Huawei E398u-18 4G LTE FDD Surf stick with Telenor logo. Telenor is the provider in Europe and provide 4G network in three countries: Hungary, Norway and Sweden.

In the three countries, Telenor provides different LTE frequencies as below:

Hungary: FDD 1800MHz

Norway: FDD 2600MHz

Sweden: FDD 900/2600MHz

So to save cost, Huawei E398u-18 could support all of the bands/Spectrum above: 4G LTE FDD 900/1800/2600MHz

With same appearance of E398u-11 and E398u-15, Huawei E398u-18 has only one external antenna connector at the side Micro SD slot. If user wants to use data card with MIMO technology, E398u-18 may not be a good option.

HUAWEI E398U-18 EXTERNAL ANTENNA HOLE — HUAWEI E398U-18 EXTERNAL ANTENNA CONNECTOR

Like other E398 Modems, Huawei E398u-18 could also work with 3G UMTS network and 2G GSM/GPRS network: 3G UMTS band is 900/2100MHz and 2G qual-bands. And the rotatable USB is classical features of Huawei E398.

huawei E398U-18 Back information — Huawei E398U-18 Back information

As the brother model, Huawei E392 4G FDD TDD multi-mode data card also has one similar model, the model number is Huawei E392u-6. HUAWEI E392u-6 supports 4G FDD 900/1800/2100/2600 Mhz, which seems more powerful than HUAWEI E392u-6.

If you want any of them, welcome to buy it from www.4gltemall.com .

Vodafone HSPA+ 3G 4G USB Surf Stick

As the world’s top network provider, Vodafone is always leading the new trend in the telecom industry and Vodafone usually let his customer first to enjoy new experience and new technology from the surfing.

Vodafone USB Sticks are well known all over the world and since unlocked sticks are not limited to Vodafone network, we could see Vodafone surf sticks are used worldwide. Today, let us see the HSPA+ USB Sticks from Vodafone.

Vodafone K4505 3G HSPA+ 21Mbps USB Stick

Vodafone K4505 HSPA+ 21Mbps 3G USB Surfstick is one of the hot unlocked HUAWEI 3G Wireless USB modems, which allows users to download at 21Mbps and upload up to 5.76Mbps. What’s more the modem could be upgraded to support 28.8Mbps download speed.

It includes the ability to roam globally on HSUPA, HSDPA, UMTS and GSM/EDGE networks. You can stay connected wherever your travel schedule takes you. With External antenna, it could work with better signal even when you are in rural area.

Vodafone K46053G DC-HSPA+ 42Mbps USB Surf stick

Vodafone K4605 is the second HSPA+ mobile broadband after K4505, and it’s come from the factory model HUAWEI E372, but seems better than E372. K4605 supports even more, it is twice speeds as HUAWEI K4505, HSPA+ download speeds up to 42Mbps, also the fastest dongle of Vodafone, additional, unlocked K4605 has another features difference from others that’s the bands support, generally supports 900/1900MHz, but this one support whole band.

Unlocked Vodafone K4605 modem removes the network lock that prevents the modem from working with other mobile network operators. Once unlocked, the Vodafone K4605 modem will work with mobile broadband operators all over the world, Including Vodafone, Telefonica, Movistar, O2, Orange, T-Mobile, AT&T, TIM, Three, Wind, Claro, Rogers, Telstra, Optus, Virgin, Airtel, 3, Cingular and many more GSM and UMTS mobile networks

Vodafone K50054G 100Mbps LTE USB Surf stick

Vodafone K5005 4G LTE 100Mbps USB modem (the original factory model is Huawei E398), is a newest Triple-Mode LTE Modem from Huawei devices. It’s fully unlocked and ready to use with all global services. Since Vodafone K5005 is for Vodafone 4G LTE network, it supports maximum 100Mbps download speed and 50Mbps upload speed.

Telecom also sells the device as well, and it’s called Speed Stick LTE. The difference of them is just the logo. Vodafone K5005 is the upgraded version of Vodafone K4605 and support 4G LTE network, while the latter only works on 3G DC-HSPA+/HSUPA network. And K5005 LTE USB Stick is the first LTE model released by Vodafone to benefit the customer who has higher demand for the speed.

Vodafone K5006Z 4G LTE 100Mbps USB Surfstick

Vodafone LTE USB-Stick K5006z is a new 4G LTE USB modem that produced by ZTE, the top telecom equipments supplier in China. K5006Z is one model upgraded from Vodafone 3G USB Stick, such as K4605, K4505, K3765, K3565, so it has the similar appearance as them. There is twin model Vodafone K5006H which is produced by HUAWEI, also the head wireless terminals supplier in China.

Vodafone K5006Z and K5006H are only the manufacturer difference. The other features are almost the same. Vodafone K5006Z supports LTE frequency at 800MHz and 2600MHz with up to 100 Mbps download speed, in the UMTS network, thanks to DC-HSPA+ up to 43.2 Mbps in download possible. Unlocked K5006z could work around all over the world with the providers in Asia and Australia.

Vodafone Connect Pen K5007 4G 150Mbps LTE USB Stick

Vodafone Connect Pen K5007 4G LTE USB Surfstick is the latest Vodafone 4G USB Surf stick for LTE network. It’s first released in Portugal and it support 4G LTE download speed at 150Mbps (the fastest and maximum download speed based on current 4G technology).
Vodafone Connect Pen K5007 LTE FDD stick is the world’s first commercially available device for LTE Category 4. It comes from the factory modem HUAWEI E3276 4G LTE Surfstick with Vodafone brand.

Vodafone Connect Pen K5007 4G USB modem supports a total of five frequencies (800/900/1800/2100/2600 MHz) and delivers up to 150 Mbit/s downstream and 50 Mbit/s upstream. K5007 4G Dongle also supports DC-HSPA+ UMTS network with GSM and EDGE backward. The dual-carrier HSPA+ data rates of up to 42 Mbit/s can be achieved.

It would be lucky if you are under Vodafone network, but if now, there is still ways to enjoy same network experience. There are unlocked surf sticks available on www.4gltemall.com . With unlocked ones, you don’t need the contract with Vodafone and still enjoy HSPA+ fast speed freely.

How to Update the Software of ZTE MF820 4G LTE USB Modem?

Since 4G LTE USB modems are more and more popular in users, some users may find their 4G dongles works not as good as they first get them. They may disconnect suddenly or re-connect again, not in stable connection status. At this time, you need to update the software of the 4G LTE USB modem, just like computer, if you use too long time, it would run slow, then you need to re-store the system and you will get new speed.

Today, we would introduce how to update the software / firmware of ZTE MF820 4G LTE 100Mbps USB Modem for Windows OS and MAC OS. It includes two parts because for Windows OS and MAC OS, the software, the software is not the same.

For Windows OS Users:

Downloading software updates DL_MF820_LMT_LV_EUV1.00.00Setup.7z
Unzip downloaded file.
Unplug the modem from the computer, remove the SIM card from the modem and add a modem to your computer.
Activates DL_MF820_LMT_LV_EUV1.00.00 file.
Click the button Update.
Please wait until the complete modem software upgrades. The software update may take up to 6 minutes.
After the update, reset the previous Mobile Broadbandprogram. PCs with Windows OS Mobile Broadband software can be reset as follows: Click Start> Programs> Mobile Broadband> Uninstall.
After the previous Mobile Broadband modem software reset is added to insert the SIM card into your computer.
Wait until the start of the new software setup.

MAC OS X:

Downloading software updates DL_MF820_LMT_LV_EUV1.00.00Setup.7z
Unzip downloaded file.
Unplug the modem from the computer, remove the SIM card from the modem and add a modem to your computer.
Activates DL_MF820_LMT_LV_MACV1.00.00 file.
Click the button Update.
Please wait until the complete modem software upgrades. The software update may take up to 6 minutes.
After the update reset the previous Mobile Broadband program. In Mac OS X Mobile Broadband software can be reset as follows: click Application> Mobile Broadband click on the Uninstall folder Mobile Broadband files.
After the previous Mobile Broadband modem software reset is added to insert the SIM card into your computer. Wait until the start of the new software setup.

This is the steps to update the software of ZTE MF820 for Window and MAC operation System, hope it helps you.

LTE Surf Sticks

LTE Sticks are technically radio modems, meaning little combined transmitting and receiving equipment, which operate on different frequencies.

They can be connected via the USB ports to virtually any device such as a larger netbook, laptop or home PC. The sticks are in demand, such as to use abroad, or a change to a new and faster wireless data technology, and they are easy to replace. In addition to the relatively small size and low weight, this versatility and the slight changes are the greatest advantage of the sticks.

Even with the older data radio technologies of UMTS and GSM, sticks still dominates the modem market, other solutions such as built-in modem or modem card format to be used much less frequently. For the majority of users, LTE Surfsticks will be the solution that makes mobile internet the fastest and easiest access.

The new LTE Sticks come from the Far East, currently dominate the South Korean manufacturer Samsung, LG Electronics and Pantech market, China’s Huawei tries to win over new entrants.

So the first LTE Stick was Samsung GT-B3740, which is developed by Samsung in Vodafone Brand. The next stick from Swedish-finished network operator Telia Sonera is the GT-B3710 from Samsung. Meanwhile, there is B3730, which dominated alongside LTE is UMTS and HSPA, GSM and EDGE, as well as wireless technologies. The device sends in LTE mode on the frequency 2600MHz. It is also used in the Vienna LTE network of the Austrian mobile operator A1 Telecom Austria. The B3740 is likely to be an optimized version with a similar standard.

The second LTE stick comes from Chinese mobile phone supplier, HUAWEI, it is HUAWEI E398. The device was tested in the LTE network of O2 and is now available at Telekom from the second half of 2011. In Austria, it is the mobile operator A1 Telekom Austria offered on its website.

Global Supply of LTE Sticks

There are very few data sticks, which are with wireless data LTE technology, so pure LTE Sticks have others technologies backward, such as UMTS, GSM and CDMA 2000 network to send and receive. Overall, a clear trend is emerging to stick with multi-technology, pure LTE Data sticks are shunned by the mobile operators.

The Pantech UML290, originates from South Korea, and sells for US Verizon Wireless LTE network. It’s like the stick used in Scandinavia and Austria from Samsung, sends an older and slower wireless technology on board. In the case it is spread in the U.S. CDMA 2000, and therefore he receives on 800 Mhz and 900 Mhz. For LTE reception, it is in the range of 700 MHz road.

The second stick, Verizon Wireless LG VL600 of the South Korean manufacturer LG Electronics. With LTE, it’s in the 700 MHz band travelling with the frequency used the U.S. 3G CDMA 2000 technology, it can send and receive on the 800MHz and 1900MHz band. LG Electronics also has the LD 100 model that is used in Japanese LTE network of Docomo. It also speaks several wireless data technologies, besides LTE, there is UMTS and HSPA, plug for the Japanese to travel abroad, GSM and GPRS are also included. GSM will be gradually switched off in Japanese networks.

What to look for LTE Sticks

All LTE Sticks on the market are significantly larger than the surf sticks with pure UMTS or GSM technologies; they therefore require more space on your laptop. If two or more USB ports close together, this may lead to another USB ports blocked. Therefore a rotatable mechanism for raising the stick is very useful to save some space with a bent 90 degrees stick, and most of these sticks have rotate mechanism.

Pure LTE Sticks can only be used where LTE is available. Since the LTE network is expanding coverage in many areas, it would take many years for LTE network to cover every corner. Therefore in some areas, you have to use other technologies UMTS and GSM, and the associated wireless data technologies HSPA and EDGE, to dominate the modem.

Several sticks offer external antenna connectors; one is for the older mobile technologies and one for LTE. This is an important consideration when buying, LTE will be predominantly at home or hospital use, we recommend you might install an LTE external antenna.