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The entire world in your notebook

The first embedded device of its kind to offer worldwide high-speed wireless Internet access, thanks to the integration of quad-band WCDMA and dual-band EV-DO network connection technology.  It offers superior upload (HSUPA) data rates of 5.76Mbps and download (HSDPA) of 7.2Mbps.

While the Gobi™ 2000 PCI Express Mini Card module itself has been developed by Qualcomm, Option® provides a wide range of services, software and support which deliver multiple benefits for:
Notebook manufacturers - a single multi-standard module greatly reduces the number of SKUs for cellular-enabled models.
Customers - the clear advantage is not being tied to any single technology.
Network operators - this product opens up the opportunity to offer new global services, such as pay-per-session data plans that can compete with local WiFi offerings.

Hardware specifications

Data communication
Global multi-mode connectivity
  • 1x/EV-DO rev A
    • 850/1900 MHz with Rx Div on both bands
    • Uplink: 1.8Mbps
    • Downlink: 3.1Mbps
  • HSUPA/HSDPA/UMTS
    • 850/900/1900/2100 MHz with Rx Div on all bands
    • Uplink: 5.76Mbps (HSUPA - Category 6)
    • Downlink: 7.2Mbps (HSDPA - Category 7 and 8)
  • GSM/GPRS/EDGE
    • 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

Terminal Equipment Interfaces

  • Type 3 Advanced Receiver Technology offering Receive Diversity together with LMMSE chip level equalizer and SAIC (Single Antenna Interference Cancellation) technology
  • Connectivity for two off-board antennas with coaxial RF connectors
    • WWAN transmit and primary receive
    • WWAN receive diversity and GPS
  • Operating Systems supported:
    • Windows® XP/Windows Vista®/Windows® 7
    • Linux under development
  • SIM support
    • UICC/EAP-SIM
    • SIM Application Toolkit
    • CDMA SIM readability
  • Locking support: BIOS lock/SIM lock

GPS Features

  • Stand-alone GPS/Assisted GPS/gpsOneXTRA™

Services

Module integration support and services
  • Pre-integration assistance
  • Integration manual with pre-integration
    checklist
  • Module integration kit (USB)
  • HW/RF/GPS integration advice
  • Customization services
  • Dashboard customization
  • Post-integration validation
  • Module integration validation
  • SIM testing (external lab)
  • EMC testing
  • Passive antenna test
  • TRP/TIS measurement
  • SAR measurement
  • Field testing services
  • Manufacturing validation tools

 

Laptop certification services (parent laptop)
Assistance with approvals or one-stop approval service for:

  • Regulatory approvals (FCC, CE, MIC, NCC, IC...)
  • Telecom industry approvals (PTCRB, GCF, JTBL)
  • Operator acceptance IOTs

Laptop certification services (child laptop)
Assistance with delta certification of models that are derived from the parent model

Software

GT Connect (3.x) connection manager offering
  • WCDMA connections
  • EV-DO connections to Sprint/Verizon
  • Firmware image downloads to Gobi module
  • GPS control
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