Frequency Bands

BC68:

B1 @ H-FDD: 2100 MHz

B3 @ H-FDD: 1800 MHz

B8 @ H-FDD: 900 MHz

B5 @ H-FDD: 850 MHz

B20 @ H-FDD: 800 MHz

B28 @ H-FDD: 700 MHz

Data

Data Transmission:

Single Tone:

DL: 25.2 kbps

UL: 15.625 kbps

Multi Tone:

DL: 25.2 kbps

UL: 54 kbps

Extended TBS/2 HARQ:

DL: 125 kbps

UL: 150 kbps

Protocol Stacks:

IPv4

IPv6

UDP

CoAP

LwM2M

Non-IP

DTLS

TCP

MQTT

Download Method:

UART

DFOTA

SMS

Point-to-point MO and MT

PDU Mode

Electrical Characteristics

Maximum Output Power:

23 dBm ±2 dB

Sensitivity:

-129 dBm ±1 dB

Power Consumption (Typical):

3 μA @ PSM

0.5 mA @ Idle Mode, DRX = 2.56 s, ECL0

LTE Cat NB1 Connectivity:

250 mA @ Radio Transmission, 23 dBm (B1/B3)

220 mA @ Radio Transmission, 23 dBm (B8/B5/

B20)

280 mA @ Radio Transmission, 23 dBm (B28)

130 mA @ Radio Transmission, 12 dBm (B1/B3/

B8/B5/B20/B28)

70 mA @ Radio Transmission, 0 dBm (B1/B3/B8/

B5/B20/B28)

60 mA @ Radio Reception

Enhanced Features

DFOTA: Delta Firmware Upgrade Over-The-Air

RAI: Release Assistance Indication

ECID: Enhanced Cell ID

OTDOA: Observed Time Difference of Arrival

eSIM*: Embedded SIM

Interfaces

USIM × 1: Supports 1.8/3.0 V USIM Card

UART × 2

ADC* × 1

RESET × 1

Antenna × 1

General Features

LCC Package

58 Pins

Supply Voltage Range:

3.1–4.2 V, typical 3.6 V

Temperature Range:

Operation: -35 °C to +75 °C

Extended: -40 °C to +85 °C

Dimension:

17.7 mm × 15.8 mm × 2.0 mm

Weight:

1.1 ±0.2 g

AT Command:

3GPP TS 27.007 V14.3.0 (2017-03) and Quectel

Enhanced AT Commands

Approvals

Carrier:

Vodafone (Europe)

Deutsche Telekom (Germany)

TIM (Italy)

Telefónica (Spain)

Altice-MEO (Portugal)

SoftBank (Japan)

Telstra (Australia)

Regulatory:

GCF (Global)

CE (Europe)

NCC (Taiwan, China)

JATE/TELEC (Japan)

RCM (Australia/New Zealand)

IMDA (Singapore)

Others:

RoHS Compliant

ATEX (Europe)

* Under Development

Quectel BC68

Ultra-compact Multi-band

NB-IoT Module with

Ultra-low Power Consumption

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