{"id":516,"date":"2013-01-26T10:07:06","date_gmt":"2013-01-26T10:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/?p=516"},"modified":"2013-01-26T10:07:06","modified_gmt":"2013-01-26T10:07:06","slug":"huawei-e398u-18-4g-lte-fdd-usb-modem-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/huawei-e398u-18-4g-lte-fdd-usb-modem-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Huawei E398u-18 4G LTE FDD USB Modem Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Comparing with Huawei E398 other branch models, such as Huawei E398u-11, E398u-1 and E398u-15, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/huawei-e398-4g-lte-tdd-fdd-100mbps-usb-surfstick.html\">Huawei E398u-18<\/a> should be a special one, it&#8217;s not because Huawei E398u-18 has different appearance as other models, it&#8217;s due to Huawei E398u-18 supports the special <strong>FDD LTE band 8 (900MHz)<\/strong>, which is rarely deployed per current 4G network situation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_517\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-517\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/HUAWEI-E398U-18-FACE-LOGO.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-517\" title=\"HUAWEI E398U-18 FACE LOGO\" src=\"http:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/HUAWEI-E398U-18-FACE-LOGO.jpg\" alt=\"HUAWEI E398U-18 FACE LOGO\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/HUAWEI-E398U-18-FACE-LOGO.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/HUAWEI-E398U-18-FACE-LOGO-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/HUAWEI-E398U-18-FACE-LOGO-375x300.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-517\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HUAWEI E398U-18 FACE LOGO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to the GSA report about 4G LTE network, the<em> Band 8 (900MHz)<\/em> is only available in few countries and areas, such as KT Corporation in South Korea, Telenor in Sweden. And in the market, few 4G modems could support this band. Huawei E398u-18 is one of them.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_518\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-518\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SIM-card-slot-for-HUAWEI-E398U-18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-518\" title=\"SIM card slot for HUAWEI E398U-18\" src=\"http:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SIM-card-slot-for-HUAWEI-E398U-18.jpg\" alt=\"SIM card slot for HUAWEI E398U-18\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SIM-card-slot-for-HUAWEI-E398U-18.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SIM-card-slot-for-HUAWEI-E398U-18-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SIM-card-slot-for-HUAWEI-E398U-18-375x300.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-518\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SIM card slot for HUAWEI E398U-18<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Today, we get the Huawei E398u-18 4G LTE FDD Surf stick with Telenor logo. Telenor is the provider in Europe and provide 4G network in three countries: Hungary, Norway and Sweden.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_519\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-519\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/ROTATE-USB-MODEM-FOR-HUAWEI-E398U-18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-519\" title=\"ROTATE USB MODEM FOR HUAWEI E398U-18\" src=\"http:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/ROTATE-USB-MODEM-FOR-HUAWEI-E398U-18.jpg\" alt=\"ROTATE USB MODEM FOR HUAWEI E398U-18\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/ROTATE-USB-MODEM-FOR-HUAWEI-E398U-18.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/ROTATE-USB-MODEM-FOR-HUAWEI-E398U-18-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/ROTATE-USB-MODEM-FOR-HUAWEI-E398U-18-375x300.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-519\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ROTATE USB MODEM FOR HUAWEI E398U-18<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the three countries, Telenor provides different LTE frequencies as below:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hungary: FDD 1800MHz<\/p>\n<p>Norway: FDD 2600MHz<\/p>\n<p>Sweden: FDD 900\/2600MHz<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So to save cost, Huawei E398u-18 could support all of the <strong>bands\/Spectrum<\/strong> above: 4G LTE<strong> FDD 900\/1800\/2600MHz<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With same appearance of E398u-11 and E398u-15, Huawei E398u-18 has only one external antenna connector at the side Micro SD slot. If user wants to use data card with MIMO technology, E398u-18 may not be a good option.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_520\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-520\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/HUAWEI-E398U-18-EXTERNAL-ANTENNA-HOLD.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-520\" title=\"HUAWEI E398U-18 EXTERNAL ANTENNA HOLE\" src=\"http:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/HUAWEI-E398U-18-EXTERNAL-ANTENNA-HOLD.jpg\" alt=\"HUAWEI E398U-18 EXTERNAL ANTENNA HOLE\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/HUAWEI-E398U-18-EXTERNAL-ANTENNA-HOLD.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/HUAWEI-E398U-18-EXTERNAL-ANTENNA-HOLD-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/HUAWEI-E398U-18-EXTERNAL-ANTENNA-HOLD-375x300.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-520\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HUAWEI E398U-18 EXTERNAL ANTENNA CONNECTOR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Like other E398 Modems, Huawei E398u-18 could also work with 3G UMTS network and 2G GSM\/GPRS network: 3G UMTS band is 900\/2100MHz and 2G qual-bands. And the rotatable USB is classical features of Huawei E398.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_521\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-521\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/huawei-E398U-18-Back-information.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-521 \" title=\"huawei E398U-18 Back information\" src=\"http:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/huawei-E398U-18-Back-information.jpg\" alt=\"huawei E398U-18 Back information\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/huawei-E398U-18-Back-information.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/huawei-E398U-18-Back-information-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/huawei-E398U-18-Back-information-375x300.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-521\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Huawei E398U-18 Back information<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As the brother model, Huawei E392 4G FDD TDD multi-mode data card also has one similar model, the model number is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/huawei-e392-4g-lte-multi-mode-data-card.html\">Huawei E392u-6<\/a>. HUAWEI E392u-6 supports 4G FDD 900\/1800\/2100\/2600 Mhz, which seems more powerful than HUAWEI E392u-6.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you want any of them, welcome to buy it from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/\">www.4gltemall.com<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comparing with Huawei E398 other branch models, such as Huawei E398u-11, E398u-1 and E398u-15, Huawei E398u-18 should be a special one, it&#8217;s not because Huawei E398u-18 has different appearance as other models, it&#8217;s due to Huawei E398u-18 supports the special FDD LTE band 8 (900MHz), which is rarely deployed per current 4G network situation. &nbsp; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/huawei-e398u-18-4g-lte-fdd-usb-modem-review\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Huawei E398u-18 4G LTE FDD USB Modem Review<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[349,35,11],"tags":[488,487,486,484,482,483,485],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":523,"href":"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516\/revisions\/523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}