Telit LM960 vs Quectel EM20-G

[premansh]

Telit LM960 vs Quectel EM20-G
Which one is better and what's your opinion? Also, I couldn't find any CA bands for Telit so any insight or experience would be great. I am planning to use it on Tmobile and maybe on Verizon.

[BillA]

Telit LM960 vs Quectel EM20-G
Which one is better and what's your opinion? Also, I couldn't find any CA bands for Telit so any insight or experience would be great. I am planning to use it on Tmobile and maybe on Verizon.

If you intend to use it on Tmobile, the Telit LM960 is a better choice since it covers Tmo's elusive band 71 (very few other modems in the same price range do), and it has an mPCIe connector, so no adapter is needed. While it's not the fastest band, it can definitely help to boost your speeds in CA mode. As far as CA, I always use standard auto-scan, because locking bands can restrict your modem from picking up any band changes from the tower. For example, Tmobile is planning on opening up the Sprint bands soon, and by locking your bands to Tmo's only, you'd miss out on all the other goodies.

[premansh]

Thank you BillA

[OptimusPrime]

Hi...I'm not finding a documentation which shows the LM960 has B71? Was there an updated one floating around?

Update: Sorry I see it. Just no CA with it.

[BillA]

Hi...I'm not finding a documentation which shows the LM960 has B71? Was there an updated one floating around?

Update: Sorry I see it. Just no CA with it.

According to the Telit LM960/LM960A18 hardware manuals, the standard LM960 version has limited CA capabilities, however the LM960A18 version can do up to 4xCA including band 71.

[OptimusPrime]

the LM960A18 version can do up to 4xCA including band 71.

Hi,
Do you have the link to LM960A18 showing MIMO bands and CAs?

Update: nvm, the one from April does show it. CA_2A-2A-66A-71A