Huawei's UMG181 USB modem headed for T-Mobile (thanks, FCC!)

by Darren Murph posted Jan 4th 2009 at 3:38AM

Ready for a little AWS 3G action via USB stick? Oh, yeah? Then have a look at what just landed in the FCC's database: Huawei's UMG181. The USB mobile broadband modem should operate just fine on T-Mobile's US network, pulling down gigabyte after gigabyte onto your laptop and / or desktop. Outside of that, details are remarkably scant, but we reckon it won't be long before it's up for sale on the carrier's own site.

Filed under: Peripherals, Others, T-Mobile, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA

Tags: AWS, aws 3g, Aws3g, FCC, huawei, modem, t-mobile, UMG181, usb, usb modem, UsbModem

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Anton Wahlman @ Jan 4th 2009 11:50AM

This was the service that was originally set to launch in December 2007, then August 2008, then December 2008, then... January 2009?

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Roger Alford @ Jan 4th 2009 1:10PM

You mean....

The USB mobile broadband modem should operate just fine on T-Mobile's US network, pulling down overages for gigabyte after 5 gigabytes onto your laptop and / or desktop. Outside of that, details are remarkably scant, but we reckon it won't be up for sale on the carrier's own site now, or ever, and if it is, it will cost just as much 4 years after launch as it did ON launch - like the Sony Ericsson data card.

Meh, I wont use Huawei products.

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Tito @ Jan 4th 2009 10:46PM

Overages? Last time I looked at T-Mo's data packages that they currently offer, there are no overages. I even called in to customer care to confirm for my G1 -- the only data packages that are currently available all give you unlimited data. The only "catch" is that after 10GB, they "reserve the right" to limit the speeds to just 50kps until the close of your billing cycle, and then it's back to high-speed browsing.

I looked at my bill last month, and I used about 200MB of data total (that's 0.2GB) so methinks it's not really that big of a deal unless you're planning on doing a lot of large file-trading with the USB modem.

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carcomptoy @ Jan 5th 2009 2:11PM

Yeah it's pretty hard to be racking up gigabytes and gigabytes of data on a mobile device. If you're going to be doing lots of file sharing and stuff, you're most likely going to be cooped up on a desktop anyway, instead of roaming the streets. I do a lot of data on my BB Curve, and I don't think I've gotten even close to 50MB, much less 100MB.