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.

SIM card slot for HUAWEI E398U-18[/caption]


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.

ROTATE USB MODEM FOR HUAWEI E398U-18

 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 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

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 .  

HUAWEI E398 4G LTE FDD Modem Frequency

Most of the customer feel confused about the HUAWEI E398 4G LTE Modem, not because it's latest 4G LTE Surfstick, but it has many different model number followed E398, such HUAWEI E398u-1, E398u-11, E398u-15 and E398u-18, and each of them are configured with different 4G LTE Frequencies.

So if the frequencies are not the same as what was deployed in the specific country, customer can't get 4G Service via this device. Please check below the details of the 4G LTE Frequencies for your reference, hopt it can clear you:


 HUAWEI E398u-1 :  

* 4G LTE FDD  900/2600 Mhz
* 3G UMTS  900/2100  Mhz
* 2G GSM/GPRS  850/900/1800/1900Mhz


HUAWEI E398u-11:


* 4G LTE FDD  1800/2100/2600 Mhz
* 3G UMTS  900/2100  Mhz
* 2G GSM/GPRS  850/900/1800/1900Mhz



HUAWEI E398u-15:


* 4G LTE FDD  800/1800/2600 Mhz
* 3G UMTS  900/2100  Mhz
* 2G GSM/GPRS  850/900/1800/1900Mhz



HUAWEI E398u-18:


* 4G LTE FDD  900/2100/2600 Mhz
* 3G UMTS  900/2100  Mhz
* 2G GSM/GPRS  850/900/1800/1900Mhz



Vodafone K5005:

* 4G LTE FDD 800/2600 Mhz
* 3G UMTS 900/2100 Mhz
* 2G GSM/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900Mhz



So before you choose the right model, you should confirm the 4G LTE network frequencies in your country and then determine which one is appropriate for you. Above models are what we know till now, perhaps there is other E398u-x, we will keep updated.