4 Section 1A:
Introducing the Sprint Mobile Broadband USB Modem
Your Sp ri nt Mo bi le Br oad ba ndUSB Modem
Your Sprint Mobile Broadband USB modem connects to a USB
port and functions as a wireless network EVDO device. This
device allows you to:
䢇Access your company network.
䢇Send and receive email.
䢇Access the Internet.
CDMA Networks
The Sprint Mobile Broadband USB modem 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 Mobile
Broadband USB modem.
To use the Sprint Mobile Broadband USB modem, 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 Mobile Broadband USB modem
takes advantage of the high-speed CDMA 1xEV-DO network
and operates on the 1900 MHz band.
The Sprint Mobile Broadband USB modem uses CDMA
1xEV-DO Rev A technology and is backwardly compatible
with currently deployed EV-DO Rev 0 and 1xRTT, enabling
real-time high-speed wireless access to email, the Internet, or
your company network. The device runs on most current
Windows-compatible laptop or desktop computers, and it
provides peak data transmission speeds of up to 3.1 megabits