Windows has no similar common software as NM, at least until Windows 8, but relies on third party dialers.
Android uses what I referred to above, and 'G' for GPRS and '4G' for LTE. iPhone uses 'E', '3G', '4G'/'LTE': http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1976 I tried digging in the history of the icons and found there the pointer to the bug referred to above. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1044752 Title: NM applet icon do not indicate mobile broadband access technology To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mono/+bug/1044752/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs