Cannot connect to “au LTE 4G” network (PLMN is 44051) with EC25J module

We are developing a voice communication device using EC-25J(STD).

Currently, we are successfully making voice calls using the following carrier sims
Softbank
NTT DOCOMO

However, with the following carriers’ sims, the connection fails.
KDDI au VOLTE Network (PLMN=44051)

The following command is used to unlock the facility lock.

AT+CLCK=“PF”,2"
AT+CLCK=“PN”,2"
AT+CLCK=“PU”,2"
AT+CLCK=“PP”,2"
AT+CLCK=“PC”,2"

If the status was “+CLCK: 1” with the above command, release it with the following command

AT+CLCK=“PF”,0, “12341234”
AT+CLCK=“PN”,0, “12341234”
AT+CLCK=“PU”,0, “12341234”
AT+CLCK=“PP”,0, “12341234”
AT+CLCK=“PC”,0, “12341234”

Is there a missing command to unlock the facility lock for KDDI sim?

Hello Tadahiro_Murakoshi, thank you for your question
You can follow the steps below to troubleshoot

  1. Execute AT+CPIN? command to check if the SIM card is locked
  2. Execute AT+QMBNCFG=“LIST” to check whether the MBN file is activated
  3. Execute at+qcfg=“ims” to check the configuration of IMS
    If the MBN file is not activated, you can contact the local FAE and agent through support@quectel.com to confirm the reason for the inactivation and obtain the latest MBN file. Thank you.

Thank you for your answer.

When I ran the command you gave me, I got the following.

AT+CPIN?
+CPIN:READY

AT+QMBNCFG=“LIST”
+QMBNGPP",0x0st",1,1201909merciMBNCFVoLTE",0x05010D01,201803301

at+qcfg=“ims”
+QCFG: “ims”,0,0

The result was that the SIM card was not registered with IMS.

What should I do after this?

Hello, Japan KDDI only supports LTE network standard. If you need voice calls, you can only use Volte.
at+qcfg=“ims”
+QCFG: “ims”,0,0 indicates that the module or SIM card does not support IMS service and cannot perform Volte. Quectel EC25-J supports Volte function. Please confirm whether your KDDI SIM card supports Volte, thank you.