1 This package contains mobile broadband settings for different service providers
2 in different countries. The Package contains only informational files so it's
3 safe for distributions to grab updates even during feature freeze and
6 When you want to configure a mobile broadband connections there usually is some
7 service provider specific information you have to know before the connection
8 can be established. Problem with this information is that it's highly technical
9 for an ordinary consumer and it's available only from service providers web
10 page or from Microsoft Windows installation media that becomes with tie-in
13 The interesting side of this information is that it's the same for every user
14 of a given service provider. This means that service provider specific
15 information can be stored in a database. When this database is available the
16 information can be fetched there and the ordinary user does not need to bother
19 Service provider specific information is stored in a XML file. XML is not the
20 most optimized format for a database, but it's easy to read, understand and
23 The database is released under Creative Commons Public Domain (CC-PD).
26 http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManager/MobileBroadband/ServiceProviders
29 If you are using pkg-config, variable MOBILE_BROADBAND_PROVIDER_INFO contains
30 the full path to the database.