Open a new Terminal Window
Type in lsusb ( lsusb is a utility for displaying information about USB buses in the system and the devices connected to them. )
A list of USB buses in the System will appear, the Cell C device will be listed as
Bus 002 Device 007: ID 19d2:1224 ONDA Communication S.p.A.
Install usb-modeswitch, usb-modeswitch-data and libusb-1.0-0 via the Command Line, the code below can be copied and pasted to install the three packages
sudo apt-get install usb-modeswitch usb-modeswitch-data libusb-1.0-0
After the installation you will need to edit the usb_modeswitch.conf file by executing the following command in order to edit the file
sudo gedit /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf
Append the following code to the usb_modeswitch.conf file
DefaultVendor= 0x19d2 DefaultProduct= 0x1224 TargetVendor= 0x19d2 TargetProduct=0x0017 MessageContent="55534243123456782000000080000c85010101180101010101000000000000"
Save and close
Run the command below in order to detect the new device
sudo usb_modeswitch -c /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf
If successfully executed run the lsusb command once again to see if the device has been updated to
Bus 002 Device 010: ID 19d2:0082 ONDA Communication S.p.A.
Once done click on System->Preferences->Network Connections
Click on the Mobile Broadband tab
Click on Add
Choose South Africa
Choose Cell-C
Leave the Plan to Default
Select Connect Automatically and Available to all users and leave the other information intact
Once Saved the Cell-c Connection will appear in the Network Manager and you will be able to connect to the Internet.
Enjoy