For whatever reason, the modemmanager package dependency was not resolve or installed by aptitude with the network-manager update.
After installing modemmanager, there are now different symptoms and a new bug has been been filed: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager- applet/+bug/410634 ** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- network-manager .8 not recognizing USB CDMA automobile broadband device https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/410386 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs