[Bugs] #1630 sugar MAJO: Support for mobile broadband provider database

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#1630: Support for mobile broadband provider database
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    Reporter:  aa           |          Owner:  aa               
        Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new              
    Priority:  major        |      Milestone:  0.98             
   Component:  sugar        |        Version:  Git as of bugdate
    Severity:  Minor        |       Keywords:  3g r!            
Distribution:  OLPC         |   Status_field:  New              
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Comment(by pbrobinson):

 Is there any reason why this code is reading the provider xml database
 independantly of ModemManager?

 We should just use ModemManager to configure this and provide a UX to
 ModemManager. That way the configuration and settings etc would be shared
 between Gnome and Sugar and it's also distribution independent and if the
 provider DB should happen to change format between releases for what ever
 reason MM will deal with that. This is the same way we moved with
 NetworkManager 0.9 and later so we needed need to implement it all
 manually and integrates with NM properly for the various network/IP
 components. It's also distribution/technology agnostic.

 Details on ModemManager are
 https://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-
 list/2009-February/msg00079.html
 http://cgit.freedesktop.org/ModemManager/ModemManager/

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