LTE Modem for all SA Networks?

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IceQB

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Which LTE modem covers all (Voda|MTN|CellC|Telkom) networks?
 
Also can someone list which networks use which band/frequency.
 
AFAIK there is no modem that covers all of the LTE bands.

A Cell C E3276 will cover Cell C, Vodacom, MTN, and an 8ta E3276 for 8ta.
 
IceQB said:
Also can someone list which networks use which band/frequency.
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Cell-C LTE Band 1 (2100MHz) FDD
MTN LTE Band 3 (1800MHz) FDD
Vodacom LTE Band 3 (1800MHz) FDD
Telkom LTE Band 40 (2300MHz) TDD
 
Closest modems are Huawei E3276s-601 which covers all except Cell C and Huawei E3276s-150 which covers all except Telkom.

Huawei B880-73 router covers everything.
 
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There is a version of the E3276 (E3276-601) that does all bands. However besides trying to get it from Huawei, I dont think anyone in SA is selling it.

Afrihost advertised their E3276 as supporting TDD and FDD, but it only supports FDD. Well atleast the one I have does not support TDD.
 
Azimuth said:
Do you actually pick up LTE signal though?
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There is no LTE coverage even near me. The closest would be Ballito and Durban. So even if I am near those places I still would need a device that works with Cellc LTE cause they chose such a weird frequency to use....
 
Huawei E3276s-601 modems available here for about R640.

Supports all SA 3G and LTE frequencies, except Cell C LTE.
 
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Thanks guys. Seems stupid the networks splitting so you have to spend extra just to go from one to the other.
 
1geoff99 said:
Huawei E3276s-601 modems available here for about R640.

Supports all SA 3G and LTE frequencies, except Cell C LTE.
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Just got my modem today. Now need to get me some LTE sims ;)
So far works nicely on 3G, way better speeds than E1820 & E5331
 
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