Sierra Wireless and Bouygues Telecom today announced the commercial launch of the AirCard® 880E ExpressCard in France. The AirCard 880E is now available through Bouygues Telecom’s business sales channels, and offers connectivity to the operator's newly announced high-speed 3G+ network.

"Our business customers are big users of mobile data," said Richard Viel, Senior Vice President, Bouygues Telecom. "We are the first operator to market HSUPA technology, which offers uplink data speeds up to four times faster than HSDPA. With the new Sierra Wireless data card, mobile professionals can take advantage of the flexibility of mobile data to work more productively."

"The improved network performance and data speeds offered by Bouygues Telecom’s network upgrade offer many benefits to mobile data customers, who can access the information they need from anywhere nearly as quickly as they could from the office. We are pleased to collaborate again with Bouygues Telecom," said Jim Lahey, vice president, EMEA for Sierra Wireless.

Sierra Wireless AirCard 880E ExpressCard

• Compatible with both ExpressCard/34 and ExpressCard/54 card slots found on newer notebook computers.
• Supports theoretical peak download speeds of up to 7.2 Mbps (megabits per second) and upload speeds of up to 2.0 Mbps.
• Offers worldwide roaming, with support for tri-band HSPA/UMTS (850/1900/2100 MHz) and quad-band EDGE/GPRS (850/900/1800/1900 MHz).
• Simple installation and setup with TRU-Install™ driver and software installation directly from the card itself.
• Includes Sierra Wireless TRU™ Design Features, including TRU-Durability™ with a rugged, fixed antenna design, TRU-Flow™, with proprietary data traffic technology for reliable, consistent performance, and TRU-PowerSave™ power management technology for reduced battery drain and optimized performance under varying network conditions.

For more information about the Sierra Wireless AirCard 880 ExpressCard, please visit http://www.sierrawireless.com/product/AC880E_AC881E.aspx.
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