Thank you.
Do you know about Quectel EM05-E LTE Cat 4 M.2 Module - ODYSSEY X86J4105 Compatible or Quectel EM06-E LTE Cat 6 M.2 Module - ODYSSEY X86J4105
I’ve ordered three of the ones you recommend, but being “-A” and not “-E”, they are designed for the Americas and not Europe, fingers crossed I can use the temporary ones until the others are available because only one network in the UK (EE) is capable of using the “-A” ones (as far as I can see from the spec sheet, Band 7).
Anyone in the UK following this thread should be interested in the difference between the EM05-X and EM06-X models, the ‘05’ ones are LTE, and the ‘06’ ones are LTE-A, and it’s very difficult in the UK to find out which networks have LTE-A coverage (aka 4G+), where LTE (4G) is easy to find coverage charts for.
However my cursory reading of the LTE-A spec is that it is backwards compatible with LTE, so should work with any UK operator at LTE speeds. It would seem that to get LTE-A speeds (double the downlink) that in the UK, only EE is available for use.
Also, if anyone else has any better info on the extent that the “-A” models can be used in the UK instead of the “-E” models, please drop a comment in.
Thanks Baozhu for all your help, you’ve been splendid.