While the Gobi™ 2000 PCI Express Mini Card module itself has been developed by Qualcomm, Option® provides a wide range of services, software and support which deliver multiple benefits for:

Notebook manufacturers - a single multi-standard module greatly reduces the number of SKUs for cellular-enabled models.

Customers - the clear advantage is not being tied to any single technology.

Network operators - this product opens up the opportunity to offer new global services, such as pay-per-session data plans that can compete with local WiFi offerings.

Hardware specification

1x/EV-DO rev A

• 850/1900 MHz with Rx Div on both bands
• Uplink: 1.8Mbps
• Downlink: 3.1Mbps

HSUPA/HSDPA/UMTS

• 850/900/1900/2100 MHz with Rx Div on all bands
• Uplink: 5.76Mbps (HSUPA - Category 6)
• Downlink: 7.2Mbps (HSDPA - Category 7 and 8)

GSM/GPRS/EDGE

• 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

Type 3 Advanced Receiver Technology offering Receive Diversity together with LMMSE chip level equalizer and SAIC (Single Antenna Interference Cancellation) technology

Connectivity for two off-board antennas with coaxial RF connectors

• WWAN transmit and primary receive
• WWAN receive diversity and GPS

Services

Module integration support and services

• Pre-integration assistance
• Integration manual with pre-integration
• checklist
• Module integration kit (USB)
• HW/RF/GPS integration advice
• Customization services
• Dashboard customization
• Post-integration validation
• Module integration validation
• SIM testing (external lab)
• EMC testing
• Passive antenna test
• TRP/TIS measurement
• SAR measurement
• Field testing services
• Manufacturing validation tools

Assistance with approvals or one-stop approval service for:

• Regulatory approvals (FCC, CE, MIC, NCC, IC...)
• Telecom industry approvals (PTCRB, GCF, JTBL)
• Operator acceptance IOTs

Assistance with delta certification of models that are derived from the parent model