Dear Sierrawireless Support,
As an IOT developer, I’m glad to hear that 5G module EM9190 is available on your catalog.
May we know where to buy this sample for testing and development purpose ?
Thanks
So the unit is still in development at the moment and due for generic commercial availability during Q3, you will need to contact one of our distributors to be able to place an order and get on the list.
Regards
Matt
Hey @mlw; it may be a bold request, but anyway… 
Would Sierra be able to send us (qmi_wwan, cdc_mbim, libqmi, libmbim, ModemManager developers) some of those new 5G modules to test with, even if they’re not production units yet? In the past we have received lots of test devices from Sierra, and we have been able to provide quite good support for Sierra devices in the whole upstream stack. We already have several new 5G modules from different manufacturers, but none from Sierra yet. I understand that the upstream stack is not Sierra’s focus as you already have your own drivers and SDK, but hey, we’re willing to give good early integration for your modules in the default upstream modem management stack in most Linux-based distributions.
Please PM me if Sierra would be open to discuss the request. Cheers!
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I got some of samples
I have suspicions about this user and whether they are a real person or not.
At the moment the only way to get a sample is to go through one of our registered distributors and place an order against a registered project, EM91’s are in high demand at the moment with limited units available. This will free up in August/September time frame but before then it needs to be this way.
Regards
Matt
has the situation improved ? is the EM9190 now available for all to purchase and if they are, where can i buy a sample ? Thank you.
The EM9 has been commercially available now for quite some time at all of our distributors but like everything else in the world with an IC its in very high demand. You will need to placve an order with one of the disti’s and they will give you a lead time (which will be a while).
Regards
Matt
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Thank you for getting back to me. can i have a list of your distributors so i can check in with them ?
So the distis are all on our site here.
Just to set expectations there is no stock anywhere and the lead time is quite ugly, but it is for all components from everyone.
Regards
Matt
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thank you for the link. i’ve seen a number of the modules on alibaba. are those genuine or should i stick to your distributors ?
Thats not really a question I can answer.
Hi @tosap30584 ,
Vendor/distributors has offical support, also they might have pre-defined solution so that you can easily hands on, but it cost more and may require bussines purposes.
However, if you’re seeking for prototype or personal developer with strong technology background, it would be recommended to buy from b2c/personal, it cost less, require more effort to explore everything.
For me, I was buying 5G module(unfortunately not Sierra due to limited availability) from alibaba and enjoy the fun.
For module itself, it use the same hardware with difference firmware.
I am not sure about EM9190, taking EM7565 as exmaple, you can easily switch from vendor specific to genine version via AT command and flash the generic firmware.
You can even unlock/customize band, Carrier Aggregation etc, as long as the hardware/RF support.
More details could be found https://github.com/danielewood/sierra-wireless-modems
Cheers
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understood, thank you for the information you’ve given me it was very useful.
this is exactly where i’m coming from and besides the effort in exploration is part of the fun.
i appreciate you sharing your experience with alibaba, do you mind sharing the seller you bought the 5G module from with me ?
that is great information right there, especially the github link. nice share, Thank you.