In Finland I’d need CA with B1+B3 mostly and B1+B3+B7(+b20)for maximum performance.
Only b1+b7 or b3+b7 is not good enough since usually those b7 are too far away to achieve CA, so B1+B3 would help a lot.
And of course routerboard would need to have 1Gbit ethernet then to get speed out 
There is some chance that we will finally get some real product? Because others brands are releasing 5G routers in opposite to mikrotik (LDF LTE6 with 100Mbit port in middle 2020). It’s not a real product… I still waiting to see some LGH with gigabit poe and like cat 18 LTE modem. Should I abandon my dream about that device?
Not everyone needs this sort of device. A lot of people would be happy with a Cat4 or Cat6 modem with more bands (B28 for example) and an antenna that works with lower bands.
Which LTE Category you are interested in most - CAT6, CAT7, CAT9, CAT11, CAT12, CAT16 or some other?
CAT7 and CAT 12
Which LTE bands and which Carrier Aggregation combinations should be supported?
B1+B3+B7+B20 at least 3 of them.
Should it also support Legacy technology like 3G or 2G?
Here in Italy there are some operator plan to shut of 3G in the next 5 year.
Which World/Region/Country would you use it?
EU
Which LTE carrier provider you are interested connecting and is there speed/monthly cap for the subscription plans?
Italy: TIM, WIND, Vodfone.. every one has an unlimited 4G traffic plan with unlimited minutes of call.
CS Voice (on VOLTE) on VOIP (a small VOIP server) to use SIM call will be appreciated to use the minutes included with the full plan. VOLTE to call without stop (or drop) navigation speed.
Now we are using for this type of connection Huawei 4G modem: B535, B618, B715.
At least cat 6
Australia is currently using these LTE bands:
2100MHz (B1)
1800MHz (B3)
850MHz (B5)
2600MHz (B7)
900MHz (B8)
700MHz (B28) ** works well in long distance in Aus environment ***
2300MHz (B40)
2G was discontinuted a couple of years ago in country.
3G will start being removed in Australia as of 2024.
Australia / APAC region.
Telstra / Optus / Vodaphone in order of preferenc
Please make some long distance LTE hardware/antenna that supports 700MHz band 28 too. Thats where its at in regional Australia( especially when its non line of sight).
could I ask for 5G supporting modems?
Location: Austria, Europe
Near me some BTS is upgraded to B7 and this gives me the results. As we can clearly see 100Mbit ethernet is the limitation, test was done when the most people use internet, at 8.30 pm.
BTW there might be some bug after using cell lock command. Today i come back to home and Mikrotik did not see any LTE / 3G towers. I spend like 3h on troubleshooting, restarting to factory defaults few times and enabling and disabling some bands, on the end nothing helped. Then I used command from bellow and it stat working perfectly.
/interface lte at-chat lte1 input=“AT*Cell=0,3,”
Cat6, Cat9 and up. Highly configurable symmetric & asymmetric Carrier Aggregation.
Bands 1, 3, 7 & 20 and 32 for Band 20 (1.4GHz) SDL, Supplementary Down Load. 5G bands.
2 & 3G but only if 4 & 5G design and cost / price point is not materially compromised.
UK, Europe but true International capable modems would be an advantage.
UK: EE (Cat9 capable), Vodafone, Three & O2. Unlimited data plans are becoming popular.
Other:
10/100/1G PoE Ethernet
Antenna only version of LHG R with SMA connectors as alternative to Poynting antennas.
RJ11 VoLTE / VoIP analogue phone port to compete with e.g. Huawei B525 & similar products to take advantage of included voice minutes. Offering this type of product would be attractive in many markets, particularly emerging / developing countries where the landline isn’t commonplace.
Portable capable 4G / 5G WiFi router with rechargeable battery.
Low power consumption.
Why the heck you put a 100mbit ethernet in LtAP Mini? Does a gigabit network port cost more than a $1 extra?
This is not only $1 because the CPU must be changed too, this change whole PCB. Current CPU give you max ~300Mbps thats why the SXTR can have 2x100Mbps and Bonding works.
@MikroTik - we wait for new LTE SXTR/LHGR/LDFR era of devices with 1GbE & better 600-900Mhz Gain & M.2 slot.
P.S. Congratulation for selecting Quectel as LTE SoC vendor - this is good direction.
I think the direction should be as many have said, better gain for lower frequencies in the SXT/LHG products - or two separate models: one for higher and one for lower.
Also, why bother making MikroTik branded modems? Why not pick Quectel and Sierra Wireless and support their modems since they are widely available?
RogerWilco
No, this is killing move. One country prefer 600-700Mhz but other 800-900Mhz and we don’t want FEW antennas per frequency. This focusing is with old Parabolic Grid and you need 2x with 90° to just use normal MIMO and a new lte category use 4x4… lte modules give you now 4 ipex4 connectors and they are not designed to that ideology.
Just NO, one antenna as our point of view.
Also, why bother making MikroTik branded modems? Why not pick Quectel and Sierra Wireless and support their modems since they are widely available?
They do that now, you can use EM12-G and works perfect, even cell-monitor and band selection works!.
But idea of creating own LTE module with SoC LGA give MikroTik run they micro RTOS who can give us Public IP directly in ECM and you not must fight with 192.168.225.x subnet, the Passthrough works better when internal OS is from the same vendor. MikroTik can buy a specific SoC and create cheaper point device with separate target for differ regions.
This is what I think about it but of course the ideal will be perfect sxtr/lhgr/ldfr with good range 600-2700Mhz, 1GbE, M.2.
Hi All,
I am a fan from a far away land the Philippines and I’ve noticed that no one from my region has posted on this discussion.
Which LTE Category you are interested in most - CAT6, CAT7, CAT9, CAT11, CAT12, CAT16 or some other?
Currently, our network infrastructure maxes out with Cat 12 IMO and I think a lot of mobile internet users will switch to Mikrotik if you can offer CAT12-20 devices because the only brand that can reach us is Huawei due to physical constraints.
Which LTE bands and which Carrier Aggregation combinations should be supported?
Most of our ISP use B1, B3, B5, B7, B28, 40 and 41 (some say that they have B42)
Should it also support Legacy technology like 3G or 2G?
A dedicated 4G/5G CPE device is fine.
Which World/Region/Country would you use it?
Philippines mostly in the capital (Manila)
Which LTE carrier provider you are interested connecting and is there speed/monthly cap for the subscription plans?
There is no speed cap being implemented by our ISPs but a data cap of a couple of Gigs per day is the usual routine. Your device should work with Smart, Globe and DITO (New ISP starting their operations on March 2021)
I don’t agree with you on that one. 600-900Mhz for one model and 1800Mhz+ on another model would be perfect. The current method of trying to cover all frequencies doesn’t work very well at all, at least not here in rural Australia. A simple flexible PCB MIMO antenna has much better gain on all frequencies than either the SXT or LHG.
As for supporting SW, it is hit and miss on what modems work - there is no official word on what does and doesn’t work. MikroTik could also buy bulk and distribute either a SW or Quectel modem without having to waste time and money in constantly making newer modems.
Which LTE Category you are interested in most - CAT6, CAT7, CAT9, CAT11, CAT12, CAT16 or some other?
Minimum Cat 6
Should it also support Legacy technology like 3G or 2G?
We will not deploy any devices with the intention of being on 3G or 2G, but it is always good to be able to fall back on it if need be.
Which World/Region/Country would you use it?
USA
Which LTE carrier provider you are interested connecting and is there speed/monthly cap for the subscription plans?
Primarily AT&T. A few Verizon. We currently have no speed or data caps.
In general, I would like a LTE module/PCI-e working on the RBX011 series, as they are great soho solutions, with great routing performance for the price.
1 LTE miniPCI-e card costs $ 70-100,-
The LTE antennas have to be outside and long antenna cables >1m are bad.
In Germany, Telekom, Vodafone, O2 always have very short cable routes (2-5m) at the broadcasting stations.
In most cases it is better to connect an SXT or wAP to the RBx011.
I’m playing here with a wAP ac LTE + mANT LTE 5o. wAP has a cool metal housing.
Is this normal that Ive slower speed (about twice slower) on R11e-LTE modem than useing mikrotik+huawai e3372+?
They both uses the same extarnal (outside) antena … I just have switched from e3372 to R11e-LTE (LTE kit).
Avarage speed on e3372 is about 50-65mbps … on R11e-LTE is about 25-33mbps
I have the same H525 is faster than R11-LTE6. Aggregation is on as well and MT is much slower. Does anyone know what’s going on ??
Ive switched to R11e-LTE6 (firmware R11e-LTE6_V026) ... and it works much faster ... according to traffic graph from lte1 interface it reaches up to 126 Mbps ...