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SIMCom’s Comprehensive Modules Unveiled at IOTE 2024

From August 28-30, the 22nd International Internet of Things Exhibition (IOTE 2024) grandly opened at the Shenzhen International Convention and Exhibition Center. SIMCom showcased a range of products, including 5G, smart, LTE-A, 4G, LPWA, and GNSS modules, along with application terminals. The exhibit richly demonstrated SIMCom’s solutions and application cases in various scenarios such as industrial IoT, smart cities, smart energy, smart homes, smart healthcare, vehicle networking, and smart agriculture.

IOTE Gold Award Honors, Leading 5G Innovation

During the exhibition, the results of the IOTE Gold Award annual selection were officially announced. SIMCom’s 5G-A module SIM8390 won the “IOTE Gold Award” for innovative products. This accolade further highlights SIMCom’s achievements in the 5G domain, accelerating the empowerment of “high-speed” scenario needs and promoting digital transformation across industries with the help of 5G.

The SIMCOM SIM8390 supports Sub-6GHz and mmWave frequency bands. It offers a downlink speed of up to 10Gbps and an uplink speed of 3.7Gbps in the mmWave band, and in the Sub-6GHz band, it supports downlink speeds of 8Gbps and uplink speeds of 1Gbps, providing “10G downlink and 1G uplink” data transmission capabilities.

5G RedCap Shines at the Exhibition

As one of the cornerstones of 5G-A, 5G RedCap also shone brightly at the exhibition. SIMCom presented the SIM8230 series of 5G RedCap modules, available in LGA+LCC and M.2 packaging forms. These modules are equipped with Qualcomm’s X35 5G modem and RF system, offering peak download speeds of up to 220Mbps and uplink speeds of up to 100Mbps, meeting high-speed transmission requirements. They support VoNR and VoLTE, and integrate dual-frequency GNSS L1+L5 for precise positioning, making them suitable for high-speed scenarios such as FWA, smart wearables, and low-altitude economy.

In addition to 5G RedCap, SIMCom also showcased several popular 5G module products, including the SIM8202, R8200C, SIM8260, and the 5G/LTE+C-V2X module SIM8800. These modules are applicable to CPE, MiFi, ODU, IDU, Box, and other terminals, providing high-speed connectivity for enterprises, homes, and industrial scenarios. With various packaging forms and models covering different regions, these modules offer flexible product choices to help customers quickly enter target markets.

AI Capabilities on Display, Accelerating Smart Connectivity

In the AI era, computing power is the new productive force. At the exhibition, SIMCom showcased several intelligent modules with integrated AI algorithms, including SIM8918, SIM8906, SIM8905, SIM8971, SIM8973, SIM8970, SIM8950, SIM9650L, and SIM9650L-W. These modules cover different levels of computing power, frequency bands, regions, packaging forms, and sizes. They not only support efficient data transmission and processing but also include graphic processors for real-time analysis of massive graphics and video data, providing robust support for intelligent transformation across various industries.

Two high-performance intelligent modules, SIM9650L and SIM9650L-W, drew significant attention from visitors. With a combined computing power of up to 14 Tops, they support Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 connections, and integrate SLAM algorithms, making them ideal for VR, intelligent robotics, low-altitude economy, and other scenarios requiring high-quality image and video input and the processing of large amounts of data and tasks.

LTE-A Ultra-Speed Experience, 4G Smart Connectivity

Despite the rise of 5G, LTE-A still maintains a significant market presence due to its compatibility and cost advantages. SIMCom’s LTE Cat.6 module SIM7906 and LTE Cat.12 module SIM7912 series achieve a balance between performance, speed, and cost, meeting the needs of various LTE-A application scenarios.

Additionally, the LTE Cat.1 module SIM7670G, suitable for remote information processing, metering, monitoring devices, industrial routers, and remote diagnostics, as well as the LTE Cat.4 automotive-grade modules SIM7800, SIM7805, and SIM7600 series for vehicle networking scenarios, were also featured. These modules cover frequency band requirements in Asia, Europe, South America, and North America, providing customers with more options and supporting the rapid development of vehicle networking and industrial IoT.

LPWA Green Engine, GNSS for the Future

Facing dual challenges of energy and environment, the application of low-power devices is crucial. SIMCom’s LPWA series modules, with their low power consumption and wide coverage features, contribute to the digital development of smart energy and water services.

The exhibition featured not only modules such as SIM7070G, SIM7070G-HP-S, SIM7080, Y7080E, SIM7022, SIM7000G, SIM7090G, and R7022 but also intelligent gas meters and ultrasonic water meters equipped with E7025-L and Y7025. These contribute to achieving green, low-carbon, and sustainable development in the energy sector.

Furthermore, SIMCom’s entire range of low-power, compact GNSS modules was also displayed, covering standard and high-precision needs and compatible with mainstream market sizes. These modules are suitable for applications such as autonomous driving, container monitoring, and smart agriculture. Among them, the SIM66D (-R) stands out as an indispensable new star for high-precision positioning applications due to its ultra-low power consumption, centimeter-level positioning, multi-system support, and compact size.

SIMCOM Released New 5G Products at MWC2024

SIMCOM announced the release of the 5G modules SIM8270, SIM8390, SIM8230, and A8230 series, LTE-A module A7908, smart module SIM9650L, and Wi-Fi module W87 at the MWC event. These products cater to different customer demands in terms of cost, speed, and application scenarios in both domestic and international markets. It heralds a new era of ubiquitous connectivity in the 5G era.

 

5G Connects All

The next-generation 5G module SIMCOM SIM8270 supports both 5G non-standalone (NSA) and standalone (SA) networking modes, while SIMCOM SIM8390 supports 5G NSA, SA, and mmWave modes. Both modules adopt LGA packaging, integrate GNSS positioning functions, and maintain compatibility with the AT commands of the SIMCOM SIM8260 series, facilitating rapid iteration of terminal products for customers and reducing development costs.

 

 

Moreover, the SIMCOM 5G modules SIM8270 and SIM8390 can be combined with the SIMCOM Wi-Fi module W87 to form various 5G+Wi-Fi 7 solutions.

 

SIMCOM SIM8230 is a 5G R17 SA multi-band RedCap module, packaged in LGA+LCC with compact dimensions. It integrates GNSS positioning functionality and is compatible with the AT commands of the SIM8260 series. Equipped with abundant functional interfaces, it provides great convenience for peripheral expansion while boasting advantages such as lightweight, low power consumption, small size, and high cost-effectiveness. It also supports various regional versions for Asia, North America, Europe, South America, etc., catering to the diverse needs of customers worldwide.

 

The new generation 5G R17 modules introduced by SIMCOM at this time exhibit superior performance in data transmission rate, power consumption, latency, and reliability, making them suitable for a wide range of terminal devices including 5G CPEs, wearable devices, industrial routers, high-definition video streaming boxes, AR/VR devices, drones, remote control, and robots.

 

 

At the exhibition, SIMCOM will also release a cost-effective 5G module A8230, providing a more economical solution for 5G+AIoT applications in terms of cost.

 

 

LTE-A Surfing Unlimited New Experience

 

LTE-A complements 5G, jointly providing mature and stable communication technology support for high-speed markets. SIMCOM A7908 is a highly integrated LTE Cat.6 module targeting the high-end application market for high-speed services. It features multi-mode, wide-band broadband, built-in DDR, dual PCIe, and Ethernet ports supporting 100M/1G, enabling single-chip soft routing functionality. It can be widely used in terminal devices such as CPEs, MiFi, mobile hotspots, security monitoring, and detection alarms.

 

 

AI Innovation Creates New Possibilities for the Future

SIMCOM SIM9650L is a high-computing power smart module with the Android 14 operating system, equipped with a Qualcomm 8-core 64-bit ARM V8 processor, Kyro 6xx CPU. Compared to previous generations of 4G smart modules, the SIM9650L series integrates AI processors Dual HVX and Hexagon Tensor Accelerator, with computing power exceeding 14Tops, and built-in Adreno™ VPU 633, supporting up to 4K 30 video encoding or 4K 60 video decoding.

 

It also supports multiple high-definition cameras, high-definition touch screens, and has powerful high-speed data transmission and multimedia processing capabilities, enabling customers to quickly develop products and applications related to operating systems and high performance advantages of smart modules, multimedia, wireless communication, etc.

 

The SIM9650L series integrates GPS high-precision positioning, BT5.2 short-distance communication, 2×2 MIMO, and Wi-Fi6E. It can be widely used in smart POS cash registers, logistics terminals, VR/AR devices, smart robots, vehicle-mounted devices, smart cabins, video surveillance, security monitoring, smart information collection devices, industrial-grade PDAs, and smart handheld terminals.

 

 

SIMCOM Looks to the Future New Journey

Looking forward to the future world of 5G+AI, SIMCOM continues to launch high-speed 5G, LTE-A modules, and high-computing power smart modules, as well as full-format module product lines such as 4G, LPWA, GNSS, focusing on the extensive application market of 5G+AIoT, bringing high-quality products to various fields such as homes, enterprises, industries, agriculture, and urban construction. In the future, SIMCOM will continue to work with partners to create more high-quality module products, providing more accurate products and services to customers at home and abroad.