ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the mobile internet, today announced that its 5G FWA & MBB series has reached the million-shipment milestone globally and officially unveiled the 4th Gen of ZTE 5G FWA & MBB family at the Mobile World Congress 2022 (MWC 2022). The series that includes the indoor 5G CPE MC888 series, outdoor 5G CPE MC889 series, and the new-gen portable 5G MiFi MU5120, are generally developed for indoor, outdoor, and travel scenarios, and have adopted the world-leading Snapdragon® X65 and X62 5G Modem-RF Platforms .
In the 5G era, ZTE has always been committed to catering to diversified 5G data terminal scenarios for users worldwide. In 2019, ZTE released the MC801, its first 5G CPE product, and successively launched Gen 2 and Gen 3 indoor 5G CPE products in 2020 and 2021. The new series of the FWA & MBB family is further improved and upgraded based on previous generations, forming diversified 5G data terminal scenarios, suitable for personal, home, travel, and office use, among others.
The MC888 series for indoor scenarios includes two models, MC888 and MC888 Ultra. The latter, equipped with the Qualcomm® Fixed Wireless Access Platform Gen 2 featuring Snapdragon® X65 5G Modem-RF Platform and the latest Wi-Fi 6E technical standards with a peak rate of 6000Mbps, fully supports mmWave-Sub6 NR CA and 3GPP R16 technical standards. It adopts the smart antenna array 3.0 with antenna gain reaching 10dBi, enabling stable and comprehensive 5G signal reception even with weak signals. Nevertheless, MC888 Ultra continuously dissipates heat by adopting penetrating self-ventilation technology and a top-down permeable air duct design. As a result, ultra-long and stable high-speed operation is ensured even under high-power conditions. Remarkably, MC888 Ultra also supports one-touch NFC connection, enabling NFC-enabled Android smartphones to connect to these routers by a single touch, without the tedious process of entering passwords.
Meanwhile, the standard MC888 model with the Qualcomm X62 platform, which supports Wi-Fi 6 with a peak rate of 3600Mbps, can be connected by up to 32 users simultaneously. Notably, this model uses the same antenna technology as the MC888 Ultra, and the built-in high-gain antenna ensures powerful signal reception for users.
For outdoor scenarios, as a world-leading communication company, ZTE launched MC889 and MC889 Pro, compatible with mmWave, Sub-6 5G and 4G LTE networks, designed to address the low penetrating performance pain point of mmWave and Sub-6 network signals and impose higher requirements on temperature, environment, and signal reception capacity. IP67 and IP65 dustproof and waterproof to industrial grade, the series can work normally at temperatures between minus 40 and 60 degrees–which makes the series a truly all-weather outdoor CPE product. MC889 Pro adopts the super gain antenna technology capable of 11dBi, which greatly improves signal reception for terminal users.