Sierra Wireless AirCard 750 manual Introducing the AirCard 710/ 750 Network Card

1: Introducing the AirCard® 710/ 750 Network Card

• About the AirCard
• Supported platforms	About the AirCard 710/750
and networks

•Care and maintenance wireless network card

The AirCard® 710/750 wireless network card fits into a standard Type II PC Card slot (available on most notebook PCs) and functions as a wireless network card. This card allows you to connect to the Internet, send and receive e-mail, and connect to a corporate network, without the need of a network cable or phone line. The card uses cellular telephone radio frequencies and the GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) digital telephone infrastructure.

When packet mode service is available, the AirCard 710/750 network card uses the General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) infrastructure to provide an “always-on” data connection, just like an Ethernet card or other wired network adapter.

Supported computer platforms and wireless networks

Windows computer platforms The AirCard 710/750 wireless network card works in notebook PCs running Windows 95, 98 SE, Me, NT, XP, and 2000, and in Pocket PCs running Windows CE 3.0, Pocket PC and Pocket PC 2002. For more details, see "System requirements" on page 9 (notebooks) and page 19 (Pocket PCs).

GSM wireless networks The AirCard 710/750 network card operates over a type of wireless network called GSM (Global System for Mobile communications), supported by a number of wireless carriers in North America and around the world.

To use the AirCard 710/750 network card, you must have an account that gives you access to a GSM network.

Note: Every GSM network worldwide operates on one of three radio frequency bands. The AirCard 710 network card operates only on the 1900 MHz PCS band used in North America and in some parts of

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