The IPWireless Mobile Broadband PC-Card

The IPWireless Mobile Broadband PCMCIA card gives consumers and business users the speed of broadband Internet access with the mobile convenience of a cellular phone. It provides 'always-on' high-speed Internet access whenever and wherever it's needed - around the house, outdoors, in the office, at meetings and on the road.

Convenient and compact, it's the only Internet access you'll ever need.

• Type II card plugs into the standard PCMCIA slot on laptop computers and PDA's
• Downloads at up to 3 Mbps
• The PCMCIA card modem comes with an integral SIM cardholder allowing operators to use SIM/USIM authentication
• Compliant with the 3GPP UMTS TDD standard, predicted to become the leading global mobile standard

Key Features

• Supports peak download speeds of up to 3.0 Mbps (depending on the service offered by the service provider)
• Plugs into any computer equipped with a Type II PCMCIA card slot

Plug and Play

• Comes with installation CD-ROM
• The PCMCIA card provides 'plug and play' operation with Windows 98 SE, 2000, ME and XP
• The PCMCIA card is installed and provisioned through an extremely simple 'plug and play' process with a software wizard and online registration
• Network access may be controlled through a username/password ISP model or SIM/USIM based authentication model

Works Indoors and Outdoors

• Provides a wireless interface between a laptop computer or PDA and the IPWireless TDD network
• As simple to use as a dial-up modem, yet provides mobile ‘always on’ access
• Fully mobile, with an internal omni-directional antenna
• Optional external antenna available for range extension

Power

• 5 volt, 1 Amp through standard PCMCIA interface

Embedded Software

• Embedded software held in flash memory for ease of upgrade. Unit can be reflashed by software downloaded over the network, or from a CD-ROM using the host PC

PCMCIA Card Modem Specifications

• Frequency Bands:
  2.5-2.68 GHz; 2.053-2.082 GHz
  1.9-1.92 GHz, 2.01-2.025 GHz single band versions
  (Use subject to type approval - contact IPWireless for more info)
• Power Output: +24 dBm (+1dB-3dB) maximum output power at 5 volts
• AWGN Receive Sensitivity (with receive diversity):
  -110dBm (+/- 2dB) / code for 7.68Mcps
  -113dBm (+/- 2dB) / code for 3.84Mcps
• Internal Antenna: Uni-Directional Gain 1dBi
  Vertical Polarisation
• PC Requirements: Laptop PC with Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, or XP and PDA with PPC 2002 operating system
• Installation Software: CD ROM supplied with IPWireless Dialler application software HTML versions of the User Manual
• Power Requirements: 5 volts at up to 1 Amp peak current via PCMCIA interface
• Temperature Range:
  Normal Operation: +15°C to +35°C
  Extreme: -0°C to +55°C, degraded performance near limits
  Storage: -20°C to +65°C
• Relative Humidity: Operating: 25% to 85% (non-condensing)
• Size: 54mm x 116mm x 5mm (W x L x H) (Extension 23mm H)
• Weight: 58 grams

For a printable data specification sheet, please click here. [201 KB PDF]