List of Supported Models

At this moment, only Huawei models are supported. ZTE is on the road…

Note: Some users report bad voice quality using Centos 5 (i.e. Elastix). So, please, be careful with old kernels (i.e. 2.6.18)

Huawei
Device Model	Voice	SMS	USSD	Note
E150	-	?	?	One way voice 1)
E153	+	+	+	OK
E1550	+	+	+	See notes 2)
E1552	+	+	+
E156	+	+	+	OK
E160	+	+	+	OK
E1612	-	+	+
E166	?	?	?	test required
E169	+	+	+
E1692	+	+	+
E169G	-	?	?	test required
E171	+	?	+
E172	-	?	?	test required
E173	+	+	-	3) 4)
E175X	+	+	+
E1752C	+	+	+	Several interfaces 5)
E1752	+	+	+	(voice features disable, you must use dc-unlocker software for enabling voice)
E178	?	?	?	test required
E180	+	+	+	ok
E1820	-	+	+	(voice feature is disabled, currently no firmware with voice capabilities available)
E220	-	+	+
E270	-	+	+
E303	6)	+	+	See notes 7)
EG162G	?	?	?	test required
K3520	+	+	+
K3565	-	-	-	huawei model working but zte model not working
K3715	+	+	+
K3765	+	+	+	Same model as E1762

USB 2.0

For voice call feature, it's highly recommended the use of USB version 2.0

Power specs and USB hubs

According to vendor specs, most usb modems have:

• 5V/500mA → 2.5 W

Almost every computer has USB ports where you can plug devices such as pen drives, bluetooth dongles, portable hard disks, etc. 3G modems can also be plugged, but power source may be a serious limitation. If your computer has several USB ports, you must check it can deliver all the power needed for your devices at the same time.

Normally, USB ports can deliver only 500 mA, so if you have more than one modem (or other hungry devices) plugged, it's possible you get stuck with strange problems.

Also, USB hubs can be a source of problems if you connect more than one 3G modem. 500 mA is not enough current for 2 or more dongles. In this case, external powered USB hub is recommended to avoid strange behavior, but be very careful with this, not any model is ok for this task. Some of them have serious problems with RF interferences from GSM side, making impossible to use chan_dongle.

Please, check list of compatible USB hubs


1) See one way audio e150
2) Huawei E1550 with firmware 11.608.12.10.209 does not work in Linux
3) May be cusd_use_7bit_encoding get correct USSD
4) E173 devices sold in Brazil WILL NOT work - firmware 21.X can't be downgraded to 11.X
5) Depending on value for at^u2diag, this modem show 3 or 4 interfaces
6) For devices sold in Brazil only: OK to receive voice calls, OK to place calls to T1/E1/J1 or other virtual channels, NOT working to place calls to other mobiles or analog landlines
7) NOT tested in other countries - also check asterisk-chan-dongle issue 117