Hello, there are 3 problems with this device. Luckily all 3 problems are
easily solvable.

1. This device shows up as a cd-rom drive. You need to switch it to
"modem" mode using this tool:
http://ftp.es.debian.org/debian/pool/main/u/usb-modeswitch/. Pick your
architecture, download, install, edit /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf and
uncomment the entry for Alcatel X200. If everything goes well, the
device ID reported by 'lsusb' should be 1bbb:0000. If you get 1bbb:f000
here, the modem is still in CD-ROM mode.

2. The serial ports exposed by the modem are not detected by neither the
usbserial nor the option drivers. The easiest solution is add the above
PCI ID to the list of supported IDs in the option.c driver and recompile
the kernel. This fix has already been proposed upstream.

3. If you get the above working, you should now see two instances of the
X200 under the "broadband devices" list, but only one will actually
work. The other will either crash the modem or do nothing (bug #392869).

If you want a quick fix for (2) and (3),  just add this to your 3rd
party software sources, do and apt-get update, then apt-get upgrade:

  deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jmartinj/javi/ubuntu jaunty main
  deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/jmartinj/javi/ubuntu jaunty main

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Alcatel X200 HSxPA modem not working
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/395870
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