Novatel Merlin S620, User Manual

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Your Sprint PCS Connection Card
Your Sprint PCS Connection Card fits into a Type II PC Card slot (available
on most notebook PCs) and functions as a wireless network card.
This card allows you to:
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Access your company network
䢇 Send and receive email
䢇 Access the Internet
CDMA Networks
The Sprint PCS Connection Card operates over a type of wireless network
called CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access). This network technology
has many features beyond providing a wireless link, such as Web
Messaging, which allows you to receive short messages using the
Sprint PCS Connection Card.
To use the Sprint PCS Connection Card, you need an account that gives
you access to a CDMA network.
Every CDMA network operates on one of three radio frequency bands.
Your Sprint PCS Connection Card by Novatel Wireless Merlin S620
leverages the high-speed CDMA 1xEV-DO network and operates on the
1900 MHz band.
The Sprint PCS Connection Card utilizes CDMA 1xEV-DO technology that
is backwards compatible with 1xRTT, enabling real-time high-speed
wireless access to email, the Internet, or your company network. The card
runs on most current Windows-compatible laptop or desktop computers,
and it provides data transmission of up to 2.4 Megabits per second (Mbps)
(average speed of 300-800 kbps before bandwidth optimization).
Tip:
More information about CDMA networks is available on the CDMA
Development Group Web site, www.cdg.org.
1A: Introducing the Sprint PCS Connection Card 3