In Ubuntu, is there an application like “Huawei Mobile Partner” for broadband dongle modems?

Question

Is there an application in Ubuntu which is like Huawei Mobile Partner, i. e. an application to manage broadband USB dongle modems? The application should provide:

1. Display bandwidth
2. SMS facility
3. Make Connection and Disconnection
4. Show Used Data Volume per given period

Answer 1

Modem Manager GUI

modem-manager-gui is a complete solution to manage and monitor mobile network based modems. Some of its features include:

• In addition to Display Bandwidth and SMS, it has USSD support too.
• Can manage (Stop or Start) the processes that use bandwidth.

For a complete list of features, visit the official homepage. It is available on Ubuntu repos for Ubuntu 14.04LTS and above. To install, click here:

Or run the following command:

sudo apt install modem-manager-gui

Answer 2

V Mobile Broadband

V Mobile Broadband is the original Vodafone Mobile Connect software for Linux rewritten to be compatible with Network Manager. Vodafone is a distributer of Huawei USB modems. V Mobile Broadband is developed by Vodafone's open source Betavine Connection Manager team. For the latest developments, check out their Launchpad Page and GitHub Page

V-Mobile-Broadband is mentioned as having these functionalities:
⠀• Connection & Disconnection
⠀• SMS
⠀• Display Bandwidth
⠀• Display Data Usage

Unfortunately, V Mobile Broadband is not available in Ubuntu Software Center yet. You'll have to install it from PPA. To add the PPA, run these commands in terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:crass/v-mobile-broadband
sudo apt-get update

After successfully adding the PPA, click here to install v-mobile-broadband
Or, run the following command:

sudo apt-get install v-mobile-broadband

Warning: v-mobile-broadband depends on wader, which replaces Ubuntu's default modemmanager. So, if you encounter any problem with the new setup and decide to uninstall v-mobile-broadband, don't forget to reinstall modemmanager package.