NEWS: Sierra ships Sprint's EV-DO Rev A mobile data card

<http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/09/18/sierra_wireless_ships_aircard_595/>

Sierra Wireless has begun shipping its AirCard 595 3G mobile
broadband card based on EV-DO Revision A technology, the firm
announced today. Cards coming off the company's production lines are
being boxed up and sent to Sprint.

The 595 is a Type II PC Card that can deliver data download speeds of
up to 3.1Mbps and uploads of up to 1.8Mbps on Revision A-capable
networks. Sprint began rolling its EV-DO Rev A upgrade to its
first-version EV-DO network - based on so-called EV-DO Rev 0
technology - this year.

Sierra said the 595 will connect to the older EV-DO network, but the
speed maxes out at 2.5Mbps, while the upload speed is a mere 150Kbps
- Rev A is mainly about improving uplink speeds

All these speeds are the respective technologies' theoretical maxima
- real world speeds will be lower. Sierra warned users to expect
"average download speeds to 450-850Kbps and average upload speeds to
300-400Kbps", but that's still "six times faster than currently
available upload rates".

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Sprint has in the past said it will ship EV-DO Rev A-compatible
devices to end-users in Q3 2006, but the higher-speed connectivity -
part of Sprint's Power Vision network - is not due to be made
available to the public until Q4.

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