Quectel Launches FCE870X and FME170X Tri-band Wi-Fi 7 Modules With Bluetooth 6.0 for Set-top Boxes, Gaming Devices and More

BELGRADE, Serbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 30, 2026--

Quectel Wireless Solutions, a global end-to-end IoT solutions provider, today announces the FCE870X and FME170X tri-band Wi-Fi 7 modules, powered by the Synaptics SYN4384 chipset and designed for set-top boxes, gaming devices, digital signage, VR/AR headsets, smart gateways and other high-performance connected products.

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The FCE870X and FME170X share the same high-end feature set and differ only in form factor. The FCE870X Wi-Fi 7 module uses a Compact LCC package for embedded designs, while the FME170X Wi-Fi 7 module uses a Compact M.2 package for modular, slot-based systems. Device makers can choose the option that best fits their platform without compromising wireless performance.

“These high-end Wi-Fi 7 modules are engineered to run across the majority of Linux and Android platforms our customers already use. By offering the same advanced feature set in two package options, we’re giving product teams more choice in selecting the form factor that best matches their design, without compromising performance,” said Delbert Sun, Vice General Manager, Product Department, Quectel Wireless Solutions.

Wi-Fi 7 modules for set-top boxes, gaming devices and connected products

Designed for high throughput and low latency, the FCE870X and FME170X Wi-Fi 7 modules support consumer and commercial applications including set-top boxes, gaming devices, digital signage, VR/AR headsets, smart gateways, conference terminals, intelligent projectors and cloud computers.

These applications need fast, reliable wireless connectivity for 4K and 8K streaming, cloud gaming and rendering, immersive content and multi-device environments, without locking manufacturers into a single hardware architecture.

Tri-band Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6.0 and Zigbee/Thread connectivity

Tri-band Wi-Fi 7 connectivity across 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz and 6 GHz, together with Bluetooth 6.0 and Zigbee/Thread connectivity over IEEE 802.15.4, gives OEMs a single wireless platform for high-speed connectivity, low-power mesh networking and short-range links. This integrated approach reduces the need to qualify multiple wireless components.

Broad support for x86, ARM and MIPS host platforms, including chipsets from AMD, ST, NXP, Ambarella, Realtek, Novatek, Amlogic, Rockchip and Sigmastar, further widens the range of products the two Wi-Fi 7 modules can serve.

The Quectel FCE870X and FME170X Wi-Fi 7 modules are scheduled to begin shipping in August 2026, with FCC, IC, CE, RCM and SRRC certifications planned.

About Quectel Wireless Solutions

Quectel’s passion for a smarter world drives us to accelerate IoT innovation. A highly customer-centric organization, we are a global end-to-end IoT solutions provider backed by outstanding support and services.

With a worldwide team of over 8,900 professionals, we lead the way in delivering end-to-end IoT solutions, spanning cellular, GNSS, satellite, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules, high-performance antennas, value-added services and full turnkey offerings including ODM services and system integration.

With regional offices and support across the globe, our international leadership is devoted to advancing IoT and helping build a smarter world.

For more information, please visit: www.quectel.com or LinkedIn.

Quectel launches FCE870X and FME170X tri-band Wi-Fi 7 modules with Bluetooth 6.0 for set-top boxes, gaming devices and more

LEGE-CAP FERRET, France (AP) — French authorities gave the go-ahead Thursday for 84,000 evacuees forced out by a monster wildfire to go back to their homes in southwest France, the strongest sign yet that firefighters are turning a corner in their battle against the flames that have burned an area four times the size of Paris.

The authorized returns announced Thursday covered nine localities that had been evacuated. In all, more than 220,000 people were forced to flee their homes since last week.

Higher humidity, cooler temperatures and slight rain raised hopes that Thursday could be a decisive step on the way to vanquishing the fire.

Local officials reported a “rather calm" night, with a fire that has not grown beyond the 42,000 hectares (about 162 sq. miles) already affected. Fire crews remained at “total mobilization” with 2,200 firefighters and over 20 aircraft.

Rain fell early Thursday in the city of Bordeaux to the east.

Sophie Brocas, the prefect for the Gironde region, expressed some optimism that lower temperatures could help.

“If that's confirmed, we could foresee a return to a more normal life for residents, but also for businesses that need to work,” she told reporters late Wednesday.

Humidity reached 80% overnight but was expected to drop by midday, authorities said. Some rainfall was expected along the coast that “could reach the fire zone,” Gironde officials said in a morning note.

Temperatures that peaked around 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) a day earlier were set to drop Thursday, topping out at 27 C (80 F) along the coast. An “orange” heat wave alert — the second-highest level after “red” — was lifted shortly before dawn.

The fires in the Bordeaux wine-growing, forested and tourism-heavy region are among the blazes that have swept across pockets of southern Europe in recent weeks, including Spain and Greece.

On Thursday, firefighters were tackling multiple forest fires in four of Turkey’s western provinces, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.

Blazes in touristic Mugla and Antalya and elsewhere raged overnight as hot weather and strong winds gripped the region. Residents were evacuated as teams with firefighting planes and helicopters battled the fires.

A day earlier, authorities in neighboring Greece said three firefighters had died on the island on Crete, as the wildfire emergency stretched from the Atlantic coast to the eastern Mediterranean.

At the peak of the evacuations, a third of a million people were driven from homes and vacation sites in France and Spain.

Flames burn an olive tree during a wildfire in the Rethymno region on the southern Greek island of Crete, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, where two firefighters died while battling the blaze. (AP Photo/Giannis Angelakis)

Embers smolder inside an olive tree during a wildfire in the Rethymno region on the southern Greek island of Crete, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, where two firefighters died while battling the blaze. (AP Photo/Giannis Angelakis)

A fire burns in the forest near Blagon, during wildfires in southwestern France, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)

A firefighter lays on the ground after working to extinguish a fire in the forest near Blagon, during wildfires in southwestern France, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)

A smoke cloud rises as firefighters work to extinguish a fire in the forest near Blagon, during wildfires in southwestern France, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)