lte usb modem Linux,ZTE MF880 and MF820T 4G LTE TDD USB Modem

As one of the most important 4G vendors, ZTE has released many 4G

LTE modems. ZTE MF820T and MF880 are two of the popular TDD models.

Just like other 4G LTE modems from ZTE, ZTE MF880 and MF820T

followed the same design as ZTE MF820 4G LTE FDD Surf stick. The

modem body is a little bit larger than usual 3G USB stick. And

taking them in hand, users can feel the weight is more than 3G

modems.

What is a pity that both ZTE MF820T and MF880 don't have the

connectors for external antenna. Perhaps at the big inning when

engineer designed the mode, they didn't take this factor into their

blueprint. As we can see, in the serials of ZTE MF820D, MF821,

MF821D, MF820S2, MF820T, MF880, they all incorporates no antenna

ports. As the key features of MIMO connection, we are afraid it may

not be as good as the modems with MIMO antenna for data

transmission.

ZTE MF820T and MF880 both work for 4G LTE TDD network, perhaps due

to for different providers, they support different TDD frequency

bands as below:

ZTE MF820T 4G

LTE TDD Single Mode USB Modem:

* Single mode LTE TDD 2300/2600MHz

ZTE MF880 4G

FDD TDD USB Modem:

* FDD 800/2600MHz

* TDD 2300/2600MHz

* DC-HSPA+/HSPA+/HSPA/UMTS 2100/900MHz

* EDGE/GPRS/GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz

This should the key difference between ZTE MF820T and MF880. Per

current information, ZTE MF880 had need presented to public under

provider "3" from UK. And ZTE MF820T should be for China Mobile.

What should focus is that ZTE MF880 could also support FDD LTE band

800/2600MHz. It means MF880 could switch between FDD and TDD

networks, so ZTE MF880 is somewhat like a enhanced ZTE MF820T.

Regarding the data transmission speed, they both support download

speed at 68Mbps and upload at 17Mbps under TDD –LTE network. ZTE

MF880 seems more powerful because when working at FDD network, the

peak speed could reach to 100Mbps for downlink while uplink could

reach 50Mbps.

In conclusion, ZTE MF880 seems more powerful than ZTE MF820T, so if

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