Huawei has launched another 4G LTE router, called B880, which is available in the market for approx US$ 300. The router can be connected up to 32 WiFi-enabled devices.
The Huawei B880 is faster than Huawei B593, according to store4g. A 4G LTE supported CPE wireless gateway which supports download speed up to 150Mbps and uploads speed to 50Mbps. It is an upgraded version of HUAWEI B890, which is a category 3 4G LTE device and can download a file with up to 100Mbps.
There are various sub-models available in the market, namely Huawei B880-73, Huawei B880-75, Huawei B880-65, Huawei B880-70V, and Huawei B880-53, with different operating frequency bands.
Coming to further specs of Huawei B880. It supports the following network bands :
- 4G LTE FDD Band 1/3/7/8/10 (800/900/1800/2100/2600MHz)
- 4G LTE TDD Band 39/40 (2300/2600MHz)
- 3G UMTS/WCDMA/DC-HSPA+ 900/2100Mhz
- 2G GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900MHz
Model wise frequency bands :
- Huawei B880-73: FDD 900/1800/2100MHz TDD 2300MHz
- Huawei B880-75: FDD 800/900/1800/2100/2600MHz TDD 2600Mhz
- Huawei B880-65: FDD 800/1800/2100/2600mhz, TDD 2300/2600mhz
- Huawei B880-53: Band 1/3/8/20/38 (FDD 800/900/2100/2600MHz)
In a 4G/LTE FDD network, the B880 can download a file with maximum speed up to 150Mbit/s or an upload speed limit is 50Mbit/s. In 4G/TD-LTE downstream is 112Mbit/s and upstream 10Mbit/s supported; while in 3G HSDPA/HSUPA/HSPA+/DC-HSPA+ downlink is 42Mbit/s or uplink is 5.76Mbit/s.
Key features of Huawei B880
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, up to 32 devices
- Firewall
- SNTP, DDNS, DMS, VOIP
- HTTP Online Upgrade, Qos, USB Share, UPnP
- Supported OS: Windows XP, Win Vista, Win 7, Win 8, Apple Mac and Linux
- Internal Antenna
- External antenna slot (SMA port).
- One port for WAN and one port for LAN
- One Telephone port and power plug
- One USB for host sharing
- Weight : 0.60kg