ZTE MF880 and MF820T 4G LTE TDD USB Modem

As one of the most important 4G vendors, ZTE has released many 4G LTE modems. ZTE MF820T and MF880 are two of the popular TDD models.  

Just like other 4G LTE modems from ZTE, ZTE MF880 and MF820T followed the same design as ZTE MF820 4G LTE FDD Surf stick. The modem body is a little bit larger than usual 3G USB stick. And taking them in hand, users can feel the weight is more than 3G modems.

   

What is a pity that both ZTE MF820T and MF880 don't have the connectors for external antenna. Perhaps at the big inning when engineer designed the mode, they didn't take this factor into their blueprint. As we can see, in the serials of ZTE MF820D, MF821, MF821D, MF820S2, MF820T, MF880, they all incorporates no antenna ports. As the key features of MIMO connection, we are afraid it may not be as good as the modems with MIMO antenna for data transmission.

    

 

ZTE MF820T and MF880 both work for 4G LTE TDD network, perhaps due to for different providers, they support different TDD frequency bands as below:    

ZTE MF820T 4G LTE TDD Single Mode USB Modem:

* Single mode LTE TDD 2300/2600MHz  

ZTE MF880 4G FDD TDD USB Modem:

* FDD 800/2600MHz

* TDD 2300/2600MHz

* DC-HSPA+/HSPA+/HSPA/UMTS 2100/900MHz

* EDGE/GPRS/GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz

   

This should the key difference between ZTE MF820T and MF880. Per current information, ZTE MF880 had need presented to public under provider "3" from UK. And ZTE MF820T should be for China Mobile. What should focus is that ZTE MF880 could also support FDD LTE band 800/2600MHz. It means MF880 could switch between FDD and TDD networks, so ZTE MF880 is somewhat like a enhanced ZTE MF820T.      

 

Regarding the data transmission speed, they both support download speed at 68Mbps and upload at 17Mbps under TDD –LTE network. ZTE MF880 seems more powerful because when working at FDD network, the peak speed could reach to 100Mbps for downlink while uplink could reach 50Mbps.  

 

In conclusion, ZTE MF880 seems more powerful than ZTE MF820T, so if you want to want buy ZTE 4G LTE TDD USB Modems, welcome to www.4gltemall.com    

Which 4G Modem is Good for TDD network?

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 modemand 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.  

LTE Dongles, CPE and Modules for Band 38(2.5-2.6GHz)

Band 38 is one of the most popular bands for TD-LTE network, the running spectrum is 2570-2620 MHz, usually, people would like to say it band 26000MHz. And it’s 50MHz.

Below are the UE that could work for Band 38(TDD LTE 2600 MHz):

LTE CPE:

1.      Asiatelco ALR-W190, indoor, b38, b40.. 2012.09..

2.      Asiatelco ALR-W191, indoor, b38, ..2012.09..

3.      Nokia Siemens Networks CPE outdoor 7210, 2012.10

4.      Nokia Siemens Networks CPE indoor 7212, 2012.10

5.      Huawei B593s-82 indoor CPE ..2012.06..

6.      Huawei E593u-91, ..2012..

LTE Surfsticks/Modems/Dongles:

1.      Asiatelco ALT-C180 ..2012.09..

2.      Asiatelco ALT-C186 b38 and b41 ..2012.09..

3.      Asiatelco ALT-C187 b38 and b39 ..2012.09..

4.      Huawei E392-92 multiband ..2012.09..

5.      ZTE MF820S2 ..2012.09..

Modules:

1. ZTE MF291 LTE modul, 2012.10,

Below are the operators worldwide for Band 38 (TDD 2600MHz):

Commercial systems:

1.      Brazil, Sky Brasil Servicos

2.      Japan, Softbank Mobile XGP/LTE

3.      Poland, Aero2

4.      Russia, MTS, 2012.09-.. 25 MHz, 2595-2620 MHz (Moscow and Moscow region only, to launch LTE network before Dec.29, 2013, the concession is valid until Dec.29, 2016)

5.      Saudi Arabia, Mobily

6.      Sweden, 3 Sweden

Planned:

1.      Austria, 3 Austria, tests 2012.09

2.      Austria, A1, from 2010.09.20

3.      Belgium, BUCD, 2012

4.      China, China Mobile, 2012.10

5.      Germany, E Plus, 2012.09

6.      Russia, Megafon, 25 MHz, 2570-2595 MHz (Moscow and Moscow region only)

7.      Spain, COTA, plan commercial launch Nov. 2012

What’s the difference Between ZTE MF820S2 and ZTE MF820T?

As one of the LTE vendors over the world, ZTE had released many 4G USB Modems for operators all over the world. Most of them have been presented to the public with the commercial LTE systems.  

 

We found there are two similar models: ZTE MF820S2 and ZTE MF820T. Today, we will introduce what’d the difference between the two LTE USB Modems.    

 

ZTE MF820T is a 4G LTE TDD Modem for 2300/2600Mhz with download speed up to 100Mbps and upload speed to 17Mbps. The bandwidth is 10MHz and 20MHz.  

 

ZTE MF820S2 is greater than MF820T, it can work not only on LTE TDD 1900/2300/2600 MHz, but also on FDD network (band 2600MHz). Under TD-LTE network, the peak speed is almost the same as MF820T, but under FDD network, the peak speed could reach 100Mbps while upload speed could reach 50Mbps.  

 

What’s more, the 3G TD-SCDMA and WCDMA networks are both available for ZTE MF820S2. This feature makes it more powerful than MF820T.   Above are the key difference between ZTE MF820S2 and ZTE MF820T. If you want to buy any of them, welcome to check www.4gltemall.com .