diff --git a/homeassistant/components/huawei_lte/sensor.py b/homeassistant/components/huawei_lte/sensor.py
index ee7256340dff24..ca3734bb30562e 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/huawei_lte/sensor.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/huawei_lte/sensor.py
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 import logging
 import re
 
-from huawei_lte_api.enums.net import NetworkModeEnum
-
 from homeassistant.components.sensor import (
     DOMAIN as SENSOR_DOMAIN,
     SensorDeviceClass,
@@ -575,10 +573,6 @@ class HuaweiSensorEntityDescription(SensorEntityDescription):
             "State": HuaweiSensorEntityDescription(
                 key="State",
                 translation_key="operator_search_mode",
-                format_fn=lambda x: (
-                    {"0": "Auto", "1": "Manual"}.get(x),
-                    None,
-                ),
                 entity_category=EntityCategory.DIAGNOSTIC,
             ),
         },
@@ -588,19 +582,7 @@ class HuaweiSensorEntityDescription(SensorEntityDescription):
         descriptions={
             "NetworkMode": HuaweiSensorEntityDescription(
                 key="NetworkMode",
-                translation_key="preferred_mode",
-                format_fn=lambda x: (
-                    {
-                        NetworkModeEnum.MODE_AUTO.value: "4G/3G/2G",
-                        NetworkModeEnum.MODE_4G_3G_AUTO.value: "4G/3G",
-                        NetworkModeEnum.MODE_4G_2G_AUTO.value: "4G/2G",
-                        NetworkModeEnum.MODE_4G_ONLY.value: "4G",
-                        NetworkModeEnum.MODE_3G_2G_AUTO.value: "3G/2G",
-                        NetworkModeEnum.MODE_3G_ONLY.value: "3G",
-                        NetworkModeEnum.MODE_2G_ONLY.value: "2G",
-                    }.get(x),
-                    None,
-                ),
+                translation_key="preferred_network_mode",
                 entity_category=EntityCategory.DIAGNOSTIC,
             ),
         },
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/huawei_lte/strings.json b/homeassistant/components/huawei_lte/strings.json
index 9e46ca742b8d92..754f192e57e3f1 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/huawei_lte/strings.json
+++ b/homeassistant/components/huawei_lte/strings.json
@@ -231,10 +231,23 @@
         "name": "Operator code"
       },
       "operator_search_mode": {
-        "name": "Operator search mode"
+        "name": "Operator search mode",
+        "state": {
+          "0": "Auto",
+          "1": "Manual"
+        }
       },
-      "preferred_mode": {
-        "name": "Preferred mode"
+      "preferred_network_mode": {
+        "name": "Preferred network mode",
+        "state": {
+          "00": "4G/3G/2G auto",
+          "0302": "4G/3G auto",
+          "0301": "4G/2G auto",
+          "03": "4G only",
+          "0201": "3G/2G auto",
+          "02": "3G only",
+          "01": "2G only"
+        }
       },
       "sms_deleted_device": {
         "name": "SMS deleted (device)"