Tag: 4g tdd modem

What’s the difference between ZTE MF880 and ZTE MF820S2?

As one of the 4G LTE modems from ZTE, the TDD modem ZTE MF820s2 may not be well known because it’s born for China Mobile 4G LTE networks. ZTE MF820s2 looks very similar to ZTE MF820, they are using the same appearance module, but inner parts are completely different. ZTE MF820 is for FDD network while MF820s2 works for TDD & FDD.

 

 

There is another 4G TD-LTE modem ZTE MF880, which is also FDD compatible. Today, we will have a look at what’s the difference between ZTE MF820s2 and MF880.

 

 

Frequency Bands

 

 

Frequency band should be the key difference between similar 4G modems, even though some modems looks almost the same. The frequency band decides where could work or not, and which operators they could support. ZTE MF820s2 supports FDD 2600MHZ and TDD 1900/2300/2600MHz. The band 1900MHz is a special band that very operator has chose as their 4G network spectrum. So many other 4G modems could replace ZTE MF820s2 if the band 1900MHz is not a must frequency. ZTE MF880 could also support TDD 2300/2600 MHz, but it cannot work with band 1900MHz. As a TDD and FDD surfstick, ZTE MF880 also supports FDD800/2600MHz. So when users don’t require modem to support 1900Mhz, ZTE MF880 could fully replace MF820s2.

 

 

4G LTE Speed

 

 

As standard 4G USB modems, ZTE MF880 and MF820s2 both supports the TDD and FDD network. However, under the two technologies, the data transmission rates are different. When working on FDD network, the peak download speed could reach 100Mbps while upload speed up to 50Mbps. But if on TDD networks, maximum download speed could reach 68Mbps and upload speed could reach 17Mbps. By the way, the speeds are only theoretical speeds. In real practice, the network can’t be perfect as we wish; the link speeds may vary time to time.

 

 

 

External Antenna and MicroSD card

 

It’s a pity that both ZTE MF880 and MF820s2 both don’s have connector for external antenna. And we didn’t find any place to plug the MicroSD card. So they couldn’t use as flash memory card.

 

 

 

USB Design

 

ZTE MF880 and MF820 are both under design of 2D USB design. The USB is rotatable for 270 degrees. This design will help users to use more space when plug to PC.

 

 

We can’t make conclusion that which is better. They are in same brand and could meet different requirements from users or operators. So it would be better to know more about the difference between similar models. If you want to check more 4G LTE modems, welcome to land www.4gltemall.com

 

Good 4G LTE TDD Modems

More and more 4G networks are launched to commercial as time being, many users want to have their own mobile gadgets to experience faster surfing speed. However, there are so many 4G modems on the market now, which one is better?

It’s a good question. First, we should know some knowledge about 4G Network. LTE and WiMAX are two most popular 4G Network. Since LTE dominates the 4G trend. Today, we would introduce 4G modem for LTE network.

 

As the most popular 4G network, LTE uses TDD and FDD technologies to transmit the data. Subsequently, there are 4G TDD modem and 4G FDD modem. They both have special advantages and weakness. This is not our topic today. Today we talk about the 4G modem for TDD network, i.e. 4G TDD Modems.

 

TDD Frequencies Band & Spectrum

LTE BAND NUMBER

ALLOCATION (MHz)

Wideth of band(MHz)

33

1900 – 1920

20

34

2010 – 2025

15

35

1850 – 1910

60

36

1930 – 1990

60

37

1910 – 1930

20

38

2570 – 2620

50

39

1880 – 1920

40

40

2300 – 2400

100

41

2496 – 2690

194

42

3400 – 3600

200

43

3600 – 3800

200

 

Below are the top TDD Modems that are good for 4G TDD networks:

 

4G modems for band 38(2600MHz):

  1. Asiatelco ALT-C180 .
  2. Asiatelco ALT-C186
  3. Asiatelco ALT-C187
  4. Huawei E392-92
  5. ZTE MF820S2
  6. ZTE MF820T
  7. ZTE MF880
  8. HUAWEI E392u-21

 

4G modems for band 40(2300MHz):

 

  1. Asiatelco ALT-C160,
  2. Huawei E392-92,
  3. ZTE MF820S2 .
  4. ZTE MF880
  5. ZTE MF820T

 

So if you are hesitate on which TDD Modem to choose/buy, hope above information would help you make the decision. But since the TDD modems for rest bands are very few, we will make a summary next time about 4G LTE dongles.