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Questions tagged [mobile-broadband]

Mobile broadband is the marketing term for wireless Internet access through a portable modem, mobile phone (called "cell phones" in North America and South Africa), USB Wireless Modem, or other mobile devices.

Types of devices used

PDA
smartphone, Mobile phone
USB flash drive, (dongle)
Compact Flash
PC Card, ExpressCard
SDIO
MiFi
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Way To Call Through Dongle in Ubuntu 13.04

I am living in Sri Lanka and cheapest way for access internet is through pre-paid mobile broadband here. In order to recharge pre-paid account we need to remove the SIM card from from the dongle and connect to a phone. After recharge then again need…
user224082
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Huawei ec156 Tata Photon+ not working in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

My Tata Photon device will shows up in the terminal when I ran the command lsusb. However, it doesn't show on the desktop. It also doesn't work as a flash drive.
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Mobile Broadband not working in 12.10

I recently installed Ubuntu 12.10 and connected to MTS MBlaze. I get the message "Connection Established". But when I open Firefox, I can't view any web page.
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lenovo thinkpad x13 gen2 Mobile Broadband not working

I did install ubuntu, everything except the broadband connection dont work. The same sim card worked on windows. So generally the hardware and sim cant be the problem. If I try to enable I get the…
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Huawai Mobile Partner not working!

I checked some of the previous posts but I didn't find an answer that helped me. Here's the thing, I bought this mobile broadband about 14 days ago, plugged it in and all worked as it should, but the thing is I have 3 sim-chips each with 10 gb on…
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How do I fix my netman (Huawei E3531) usb broadband internet in ubuntu 14.04.3 it connects but do not display web pages

It ask me my password and then it connects but do not display web pages ( the blue light is on) I can send ussd and get an answer back. Please help
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Checking data usage in a mobile broadband connection in ubuntu

I use a huawei dongle to access the Internet and since mobile partner doesn't support Ubuntu is there a way to check the data usage? any app maybe?
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USB internet not accessible

I'm brand new to ubuntu and linux. We access internet from a usb stick issued by a local telephone company. When I plug the stick into the computer, I see the device listed under internet connections as a mobile broadband device but it is grayed out…
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3G modem not being detected after instaling V mobile broadband

I have 3G mobile broadband(Visiontek 7.2 HSUPA modem with AIRCEL simcard) which was very well detected and able to browse Internet in Ubuntu 12.04 previously. Unfortunately I have installed V mobile broadband(bcm software) out of enthusiasm,after…
Srinivasa Rao Nallapati
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Can I call someone from my PC using Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830i

I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830i, an eight year old phone running Android 2.2 'Froyo'. I connected it to my PC using USB cable. I could find that it̀s modem was connected. Can I call or text to someone from my Ubuntu(18.04 LTS) PC?
aravind sangammagari
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Ubuntu 18.10 mobile internet - SIM card not recognized

What could be a reason, why my mobile internet UMTS card is not recognized by modem-manager-gui or by the NetworkManager? My laptop is a Lenovo X1. I once saw it recognized, but after a reboot it disappeared.
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How to Install Tata Photon Plus (VME 101 Olive)?

I want to install VME 101 Olive with latest version of ubuntu also i need to know if there is any interface to run .exe files in the same. Please help me i am a novice for Ubuntu.
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Reliance net connect and ubuntu 12.04

I added recently purachased a reliance net connect broadband+. It has both balance and validity. I connected it. It was detected. I added a new mobile broadband connection. Chose the details properly I edited the connection and provided user name…
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How can i run Huwei E173 data card on 10.04?

Please tell me How can i run Huwei E173 data card in Ubuntu 10.4. When i connect data card there is nothing happening related to network recognizing process please help
Abhishek
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