Ericsson launched advanced broadband module designed for consumer electronic devices such as PCs, notebooks, netbooks and tablets and based on HSPA. The module named F5521gw offers download speeds of up to 21 mbps and upload speeds of 5.76 mbps.

Mats Norin, Vice President of Ericsson Mobile Broadband Modules, says, “Our next-generation module delivers a superior user experience at an affordable price. With 63 HSPA Evolution networks up and running and another 116 networks planned around the world, data is now becoming available at high speeds. Our HSPA Evolution module reiterates Ericsson’s commitment to help create a future where everything that can benefit from a connection will have one.”

The module makes use of embedded GPS functionality and Ericsson’s unique Wake-on Wireless capability.

Collaborating with Intel, Ericsson has made the F5521gw module interoperable with the latest generation of Intel Anti-Theft Technology (version 3.0), which offers a proactive security capability by remotely disabling a computer using encrypted text messages even when the operating system is not running (out-of-band).

“The collaboration with Ericsson on Intel Anti-Theft Technology has yielded very robust security capabilities available to notebooks,” says Anand Pashupathy, General Manager of Anti-Theft Services, PC Client Services, Intel Corp. “Thanks to the direct communication between the new Ericsson modules and the hardware that hosts Intel AT, we have been able to provide businesses and consumers the ability to react very quickly when a PC is lost or stolen. Shortly after the PC is turned on, and even before the operating system is running, a missing PC can be disabled and/or located. And when found, it can be very quickly and conveniently reactivated, all via encrypted text messages.”