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Asked: 2013-06-26 04:17:51 +0800 CST

Way To Call Through Dongle in Ubuntu 13.04

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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 to connect the SIM to the dongle. To avoid this difficulties it is better if we can dial through the dongle for recharge with a software. In some other OS, we can do this with Mobile Partner software. But in Ubuntu, the version supported is unable to make calls/ dial.

If someone can help to find a solution, it would be a great help.

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  1. Best Answer

    I'm using Modem Manager GUI instead of mobile partner for linux

    Install Modem Manager GUI in ubuntu 12.04 and above

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linuxonly/modem+manager+gui
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install modem-manager-gui

    Pros

    1. View device information: Operator name, Mode, IMEI, IMSI, Signal level.
    2. Send and receive SMS messages with long massages concatenation and store messages in database
    3. Send USSD requests and read answers in GSM7 and UCS2 formats converted to system UTF8 charset.
    4. Scan available mobile networks 5.It integrates with the ubuntu messaging indicator menu

    Cons

    1. no voice support
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