14 DAY TRIAL // Sierra Wireless announced that it is supplying the AirCard 875 wireless wide area PC card to Telstra for use on Telstra's Next G network. The card, now available in Australia, is one of the latest additions to the Sierra Wireless AirCard product line and offers high-speed connectivity to 3G and HSDPA networks worldwide.
"We are pleased to collaborate once again with Telstra to offer the company's mobile data customers leading edge wireless technology," said Dan Schieler, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales for Sierra Wireless. "The AirCard 875 offers Telstra customers fast, reliable network access with the additional benefit of worldwide high-speed roaming to provide international travelers with a simple connection to the people and information they need to reach to work efficiently on the move."
The AirCard 875 is a Type II PC Card with a fixed antenna, supporting peak theoretical data rates of up to 3.6 Mbps on HSDPA networks and is upgradeable to support future network upgrades providing peak data rates of up to 7.2 Mbps. The AirCard 875 supports HSDPA and UMTS on the 2100, 1900, and 850 MHz frequency bands, plus EDGE and GPRS on the 1900, 1800, 900, and 850 MHz bands, allowing one card to operate at the best available speed on wireless networks worldwide.
In addition to the increased data speed and worldwide roaming capability, the AirCard 875 offers several new advanced features such as receiver equalization - that enables reductions in signal interference and better throughput, which is particularly beneficial to customers in urban areas with high levels of signal noise; and the antenna that now includes integrated status indicator lights and has a new low profile design.