Quectel’s 5G New Radio (NR) RG620T module series has received FCC, IC, CE and RCM certifications.

The RG620T is said to be the first 5G module based on the MediaTek T830 system-on-chip (SoC) to receive all these certifications. The certifications should help users efficiently deploy their 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) devices around the globe.

The module delivers ultra-high 5G data speeds, quad-core A55 CPU, Wifi 7 connection and innovations in antenna frequency band design, flash memory and QuecOpen, making it suitable for the FWA market, which demands higher wireless performance and more design flexibility.

Available in commercial samples, there are two variants, the RG620T-NA for North America and the RG620T-EU for Emea, Asia-Pacific and Brazil.

“As MediaTek’s long-term strategic partner, we have extended our cooperation across multiple product lines including 5G, LTE, LPWA, GNSS and more,” said Norbert Muhrer, president of Quectel Wireless. “Leveraging the powerful performance of the MediaTek T830 platform, our globally certified 5G R16 module series RG620T will give new momentum to the growing 5G FWA market and other applications to deliver superior mobile broadband experiences.”

Martin Lin, deputy general manager at MediaTek, added: “5G is bringing new breakthroughs to ever more always-connected products. Together we are enabling smarter homes and business, industrial IoT and even the internet of vehicles. Quectel is an important, long-term partner, and its RG620T, based on MediaTek T830, is an ideal platform to create leading next-generation, always-connected 5G FWA products for a wide range of applications and markets.”

Compliant with 3GPP release 16, the module supports up to 300MHz downlink bandwidth and NR 4CA (four-carrier aggregation) in FDD and TDD modes, allowing 5G devices with this module inside to achieve download speeds of up to 7.01Gbit/s. Additionally, it supports up to 200MHz uplink bandwidth and NR 2CA, enabling uplink speeds of up to 2.5Gbit/s.

The high bandwidth and low latency features make the RG620T suitable for 5G use cases such as extended reality (XR) and cloud live broadcast. Its bandwidth enables real-time wireless transmission of high-definition XR content, while the low latency effectively reduces dizziness caused by image lag, and therefore provides an immersive experience for users.

The T830 embedded in the module integrates a quad-core Cortex-A55 CPU with a base frequency of 2.2GHz. It has a built-in M80 5G modem that adopts MediaTek’s 5G UltraSave technologies to improve energy efficiency for all 5G connection conditions. These features make sure 5G devices using the RG620T can take advantage of the CPU’s residual performance and improve processing efficiency while reducing costs.

Another benefit is the SoC chipset does not need a host controller, so users can reduce the debugging workload of USB or PCIe interfaces and ensure the module’s throughput rate is not restricted by the USB or PCIe interface.

With features including the hardware-level MediaTek network processing unit (NPU), wifi offload engine, 5G UltraSave power-saving technology, PC1.5 and PC2 HPUE high-power user equipment, the RG620T further reduces power consumption, improves throughput, and provides more stable and higher speed network services for 5G terminals including indoor and outdoor CPEs, home gateways, enterprise gateways, mobile hotspots, industrial routers, DTU, XR and 4K and 8K ultra-high-definition live broadcast.

Additionally, it supports eight RX (receive antennas), which enhances downlink speed, spectral efficiency and coverage quality, and therefore delivers stable and fast 5G speeds even in complex indoor and outdoor environments. The series also integrates multiple interfaces including USXGMII, PCIe 4.0, PCIe 3.0 and USB3.2 to facilitate user designs.

Besides cellular communications, the RG620T offers multiple wifi combinations including tri-band and dual-band 4×4 Wifi 7 for 5G CPE, and dual-band 2×2 Wifi 7 for 5G mobile hotspots. The flexible offerings allow FWA terminals to leverage both 5G and Wifi 7 capabilities and help users explore more pioneering application scenarios such as 4K and 8K video transmission, VR, AR, cloud gaming, remote work, video conference and cloud computing.

The module also features EasyMesh, making it easy to set up a mesh network with different IoT devices for seamless wireless connections. Its support of WPA3 R3 encryption protocol brings a higher level of safety to IoT devices.

To help users facilitate their designs, Quectel offers 5G antennas that boost wireless connectivity. IoT developers can bundle the RG620T 5G modules with Quectel’s antennas and pre-certification services, reducing cost and time-to-market for their 5G IoT devices.