diff --git a/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/bin/omr-huawei b/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/bin/omr-huawei
index 7bb08c162..b334230f5 100755
--- a/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/bin/omr-huawei
+++ b/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/bin/omr-huawei
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ OPERATOR=""
 if [ "$CONNECTSTATE" = "901" ]; then
 	tmpfile=$(mktemp)
 	curl -s -m 1 -X GET "http://$MODEM_IP/api/net/current-plmn" -H "Cookie: SessionID=$COOKIE" -H "__RequestVerificationToken: $TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: text/xml" > ${tmpfile}
-	OPERATOR=$(cat ${tmpfile} | grep FullName | sed -e 's/<[^>]*>//g' | sed 's/[^\x00-\x7F]//g')
+	OPERATOR=$(cat ${tmpfile} | grep FullName | sed -e 's/<[^>]*>//g')
 	rm -f ${tmpfile}
 fi
 NUMBER=""