Option is reportedly supplying its GTM378 HSDPA embedded wireless module to Sony Corporation.

 

Leveraging the access to Option’s technical expertise, technology leadership and superior embedded wireless broadband data solutions, Sony integrates Option’s wireless modules in the VAIO notebooks. Option has begun the shipments of the wireless module to Sony in support of the commercial roll-out of the recently announced VAIO SZ and VAIO TZ notebooks series in Europe.

 

The company explains that the Option GTM378 wireless module is specifically designed for IT manufacturers who want to incorporate comprehensive broadband WWAN connectivity into notebooks. By incorporating tri-band HSDPA 7.2 Mbps and UMTS in the 2100, 1900 and 850 MHz bands and EDGE/GPRS in four bands (850/900/1800/1900 MHz), the GTM378 can deliver broadband wireless Internet connectivity to mobile devices across mobile networks anywhere across the earth.

 

Option’s GTM378 is initially supplied with HSDPA 3.6, and is field upgradeable when the network and the PC’s with the embedded wireless module are validated and configured for HSDPA 7.2.

 

Due to its backward compatibility HSDPA connections are ensured at lower data rates of 1.8 Mbps. The GTM378 also includes Advanced Receiver Technology (ART), which enhances the user connectivity experience within in-door environments and also in difficult or fringe coverage areas.

 

Option made news earlier this month when it marked a major milestone with the United States Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC (News - Alert)) final approval of the first High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) data card: the GlobeTrotter EXPRESS HSUPA.

 

Option, the wireless technology company, is an innovator in the design, development and manufacture of 3G HSUPA, HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, and WLAN technology products for wireless connectivity solutions.