Falcom Samba 75 - Integrated Quad Band GSM/GPRS/EDGE Engine

Falcom Samba 75 is a plug-and-play, compact, light-weight, wireless modem that provides EDGE, GPRS and GSM connectivity for portable, handheld computers and others.

The SAMBA75 maintains the same form-factor of the well-known SAMBA GSM/GPRS modem. It allows subscribers to send and receive data, including digital images, web pages and photographs, with a transfer rate three times higher than possible with GSM/GPRS network. It supports SMS, fax & MMS. The SAMBA75 is designed for use on any GSM network in the world, it is a Quad Band EDGE and GSM/GPRS engine that works on the four frequencies GSM 850, GSM 900, DCS 1800 MHz and PCS 1900 MHz and it can be used in all existing GSM networks in Europe, the U.S.A. and Asia.

This full type approved integrated modem constitutes a self contained, fully integrated implementation of the GSM/GPRS and EDGE functionalities. The SAMBA75 provides an integrated SIM card reader and an internal GSM antenna. The physical interface to the modem application is made through an embedded USB connector.

Facts

General	Quad Band GSM/GPRS/EDGE modem 850/900/1800/1900 MHz class 4 (2 W) for EGSM900 class 1 (1 W) for DCS1800 / PCS1900 small size and low power consumption Voice, SMS, MMS compliant to GSM Phase 2/2+ Fax and data transmission without extra hardware internal 3 V SIM interface easy remote control by AT commands for dedicated applications fully type approved according to GSM phase 2+ specification fully shielded and ready-to-use
Electrical characteristics	power supply: +5 V DC (through USB port)
Physical characteristics	dimensions: (L x W x H) 88.7 x 37.6 x 12.6 mm weight: 79 g normal range temperature: -30 °C to +65 °C restricted operation: -25 °C to -20 °C and +55 °C to +70 °C
Basic features	telephony (TCH/FS) and emergency calls full rate, enhanced full rate, half rate and adaptive multi rate dual tone multi frequency function (DTMF) SMS (GSM and GPRS mode): text and PDU, point to point MT and MO, SMS cell broadcast WAP compliant and compliant with SMG 31
GSM features	transparent and non transparent up to 9600 bps group 3: class 1, class 2, alternate speech and fax, MNP 2
GSM services	call forwarding, call barring, multiparty, call waiting and call hold, calling line identity, advice of charge, USSD, closed user group
GPRS features	data downlink transfer: max. 85.6 kbps data uplink transfer: max. 42.8 kbps multi-slot class 12, coding schemes CS-1 to CS-4, GPRS class B using TCP/IP stack
EDGE features	data transfer max. 384 kbit/s provides audio/video streaming multi-slot class 10, coding schemes MCS-1 ... MCS-9
Other features	SM, FD, LD, MC, RC, ON, ME + SIM phone book management fixed dialling number, SIM toolkit class 2 SIM, network and service provider locks real time clock alarm management UCS 2 character set management
Interfaces	internal SIM interface: 3 V only USB serial link firmware upgrade: over USB interface and SIM card
Hardware requirements	a valid SIM card free compatible USB port appr. 6 Mb of free hard disk space Pentium® 90 or higher with CD-ROM drive
Software requirements	OS: Windows® 2000/XP HyperModem or other terminal programs web-browser and e-mail client

Software

Auron SMS Server is a Windows-based software package that enables you to send, receive and process SMS and e-mail messages. Supported communication protocols: GSM, HTTP, SMPP, SMTP, POP3. Incoming messages are processed by 'triggers', and can be fully customized.

It's a framework for any scenario where one/two-way SMS is required. Create a voting/polling system, send out mass SMS broadcasts, create a reservation system, etc.. Real-life case-studies are included as sample projects.

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