There need to be at least two mobile broadband profile to be able to list them in c-c-Networks or in gnome-shell panel under Mobile Broadband. If I create just one profile it is always hidden.
It is possible it could be also by design.
Those changes are significant[1] and need to happen upstream first. [1]: The whole mobile broadband part of the panel needs to be rethought, in fact...
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