Huawei E1552 is an USB Stick modem capable of delivering HSDPA connectivity at up to 3.6Mbps. Being a USB stick modem cause some problem with older versions of Ubuntu (and Linux general), but can be fixed by the following method.
$ sudo vi /etc/udev/rules.d/50-huawei-e1552.rules
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="12d1", ATTR{idProduct}=="1446", RUN+="/lib/udev/modem-modeswitch -v 0x%s{idVendor} -p 0x%s{idProduct} -t option-zerocd"
$ sudo service udev restart
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