diff --git a/dependencies.lock b/dependencies.lock
index 00a958e..d73a63c 100644
--- a/dependencies.lock
+++ b/dependencies.lock
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 dependencies:
   espressif/esp_modem:
-    component_hash: a061d9aa884f571a992dddfe5ed2a5829f6b82194aa122de7f8c5dc3dbdad91a
+    component_hash: b11de8ecab6860719ab236cf353967c4f31d7f8e5e82dc6c224efeabbde00fcd
     source:
       service_url: https://api.components.espressif.com/
       type: service
-    version: 0.1.18
+    version: 0.1.19
   idf:
     component_hash: null
     source:
       type: idf
     version: 4.4.2
-manifest_hash: 09fafd7cd74bc92f8e56b7f30ef1bc43b3a2700448a92ab1ac8b70e8f64c3ff6
+manifest_hash: 76b850d9d6bd5811db1d008a4489ce72a36df494492de24194b352a7b1f08647
 target: esp32
 version: 1.0.0
diff --git a/main/idf_component.yml b/main/idf_component.yml
index 4065827..7d2bffb 100644
--- a/main/idf_component.yml
+++ b/main/idf_component.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## IDF Component Manager Manifest File
 dependencies:
-  espressif/esp_modem: "==0.1.18"
+  espressif/esp_modem: "==0.1.19"
   ## Required IDF version
   idf:
     version: ">=4.1.0"
diff --git a/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/.component_hash b/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/.component_hash
index 547220a..2b80dc4 100644
--- a/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/.component_hash
+++ b/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/.component_hash
@@ -1 +1 @@
-a061d9aa884f571a992dddfe5ed2a5829f6b82194aa122de7f8c5dc3dbdad91a
\ No newline at end of file
+b11de8ecab6860719ab236cf353967c4f31d7f8e5e82dc6c224efeabbde00fcd
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/CMakeLists.txt b/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/CMakeLists.txt
index ff54cae..404b74a 100644
--- a/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ else()
                       src/esp_modem_uart.cpp
                       src/esp_modem_term_uart.cpp
                       src/esp_modem_netif.cpp)
-    set(dependencies driver)
+    set(dependencies driver esp_event esp_netif)
 endif()
 
+
 set(srcs ${platform_srcs}
         "src/esp_modem_dte.cpp"
         "src/esp_modem_dce.cpp"
@@ -34,12 +35,14 @@ idf_component_register(SRCS "${srcs}"
                     PRIV_INCLUDE_DIRS private_include
                     REQUIRES ${dependencies})
 
+
 set_target_properties(${COMPONENT_LIB} PROPERTIES
     CXX_STANDARD 17
     CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON
     CXX_EXTENSIONS ON
 )
 
+
 if(${target} STREQUAL "linux")
     # This is needed for ESP_LOGx() macros, as integer formats differ on ESP32(..) and x64
     set_target_properties(${COMPONENT_LIB} PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS -Wno-format)
diff --git a/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/idf_component.yml b/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/idf_component.yml
index b1ad946..1cfb48e 100644
--- a/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/idf_component.yml
+++ b/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/idf_component.yml
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ dependencies:
     version: '>=4.1'
 description: esp modem
 url: https://github.com/espressif/esp-protocols/tree/master/components/esp_modem
-version: 0.1.18
+version: 0.1.19
diff --git a/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/include/cxx_include/esp_modem_dce_module.hpp b/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/include/cxx_include/esp_modem_dce_module.hpp
index 72f141e..516cc05 100644
--- a/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/include/cxx_include/esp_modem_dce_module.hpp
+++ b/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/include/cxx_include/esp_modem_dce_module.hpp
@@ -104,6 +104,15 @@ public:
         pdp = std::move(new_pdp);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @brief Simplified version of operator name (without the ACT, which is included in the command library)
+     */
+    command_result get_operator_name(std::string& name)
+    {
+        int dummy_act;
+        return get_operator_name(name, dummy_act);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @brief Common DCE commands generated from the API AT list
      */
diff --git a/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/include/esp_modem_c_api_types.h b/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/include/esp_modem_c_api_types.h
index 2c37b79..94d8f9b 100644
--- a/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/include/esp_modem_c_api_types.h
+++ b/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/include/esp_modem_c_api_types.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "esp_modem_config.h"
+#include "esp_netif.h"
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
@@ -22,7 +23,11 @@ extern "C" {
 
 typedef struct esp_modem_dce_wrap esp_modem_dce_t;
 
-struct PdpContext;
+typedef struct esp_modem_PdpContext_t {
+    size_t context_id;
+    const char *protocol_type;
+    const char *apn;
+} esp_modem_PdpContext_t;
 
 /**
  * @defgroup ESP_MODEM_C_API ESP_MODEM C API
diff --git a/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/include/generate/esp_modem_command_declare.inc b/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/include/generate/esp_modem_command_declare.inc
index 1709bf9..f4b71c3 100644
--- a/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/include/generate/esp_modem_command_declare.inc
+++ b/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/include/generate/esp_modem_command_declare.inc
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #define BOOL_OUT(param, name) bool* _ARG(param, name)
 #define INT_OUT(param, name) int* _ARG(param, name)
 #define INTEGER_LIST_IN(param, name) const int* _ARG(param, name)
-#define STRUCT_OUT(struct_name, p1)  struct struct_name* p1
+#define STRUCT_OUT(struct_name, p1)  esp_modem_ ## struct_name ## _t* p1
 #endif
 
 #define DECLARE_ALL_COMMAND_APIS(...) \
@@ -50,9 +50,10 @@ ESP_MODEM_DECLARE_DCE_COMMAND(sync, command_result, 0) \
 /**
  * @brief Reads the operator name
  * @param[out] operator name
+ * @param[out] access technology
  * @return OK, FAIL or TIMEOUT
  */ \
-ESP_MODEM_DECLARE_DCE_COMMAND(get_operator_name, command_result, 1, STRING_OUT(p1, name)) \
+ESP_MODEM_DECLARE_DCE_COMMAND(get_operator_name, command_result, 2, STRING_OUT(p1, name), INT_OUT(p2, act)) \
     \
 /**
  * @brief Stores current user profile
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ ESP_MODEM_DECLARE_DCE_COMMAND(set_echo, command_result, 1, BOOL_IN(p1, echo_on))
 ESP_MODEM_DECLARE_DCE_COMMAND(sms_txt_mode, command_result, 1, BOOL_IN(p1, txt)) \
     \
 /**
- * @brief Sets the default (GSM) charater set
+ * @brief Sets the default (GSM) character set
  * @return OK, FAIL or TIMEOUT
  */ \
 ESP_MODEM_DECLARE_DCE_COMMAND(sms_character_set, command_result, 0) \
diff --git a/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/port/linux/esp_system_protocols_linux/CMakeLists.txt b/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/port/linux/esp_system_protocols_linux/CMakeLists.txt
index e4149f5..44a745e 100644
--- a/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/port/linux/esp_system_protocols_linux/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/port/linux/esp_system_protocols_linux/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-idf_component_register(INCLUDE_DIRS include
+idf_component_register(SRCS "esp_err_to_name.c"
+                        INCLUDE_DIRS include
                         REQUIRES esp_netif_linux esp_event_mock)
diff --git a/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/port/linux/esp_system_protocols_linux/esp_err_to_name.c b/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/port/linux/esp_system_protocols_linux/esp_err_to_name.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce5cb9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/port/linux/esp_system_protocols_linux/esp_err_to_name.c
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Franz Hoepfinger
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+
+
+static const char esp_unknown_msg[] =  "ERROR";
+
+const char *esp_err_to_name(int code)
+{
+    return esp_unknown_msg;
+}
diff --git a/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/port/linux/esp_system_protocols_linux/include/esp_err.h b/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/port/linux/esp_system_protocols_linux/include/esp_err.h
index b513216..9a4363d 100644
--- a/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/port/linux/esp_system_protocols_linux/include/esp_err.h
+++ b/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/port/linux/esp_system_protocols_linux/include/esp_err.h
@@ -25,3 +25,11 @@ typedef int esp_err_t;
 #define ESP_ERR_NOT_FOUND           0x105
 #define ESP_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED       0x106
 #define ESP_ERR_TIMEOUT             0x107
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+const char *esp_err_to_name(int code);
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/private_include/exception_stub.hpp b/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/private_include/exception_stub.hpp
index d3f1378..4f27008 100644
--- a/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/private_include/exception_stub.hpp
+++ b/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/private_include/exception_stub.hpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         action; \
     } catch (::esp_modem::esp_err_exception& e) {    \
         esp_err_t err = e.get_err_t();  \
-        ESP_LOGE(TAG, "%s: Exception caught with ESP err_code=%d", __func__, err); \
+        ESP_LOGE(TAG, "%s: Exception caught with ESP err_code=%d %s", __func__, err, esp_err_to_name(err)); \
         ESP_LOGE(TAG, "%s", e.what());  \
         action; \
     }
diff --git a/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/src/esp_modem_c_api.cpp b/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/src/esp_modem_c_api.cpp
index 1f1bbfe..15cd423 100644
--- a/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/src/esp_modem_c_api.cpp
+++ b/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/src/esp_modem_c_api.cpp
@@ -393,3 +393,14 @@ extern "C" esp_err_t esp_modem_reset(esp_modem_dce_t *dce_wrap)
 {
     return command_response_to_esp_err(dce_wrap->dce->reset());
 }
+
+extern "C" esp_err_t esp_modem_set_pdp_context(esp_modem_dce_t *dce_wrap, esp_modem_PdpContext_t *c_api_pdp)
+{
+    if (dce_wrap == nullptr || dce_wrap->dce == nullptr) {
+        return ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG;
+    }
+    esp_modem::PdpContext pdp{c_api_pdp->apn};
+    pdp.context_id = c_api_pdp->context_id;
+    pdp.protocol_type = c_api_pdp->protocol_type;
+    return command_response_to_esp_err(dce_wrap->dce->set_pdp_context(pdp));
+}
diff --git a/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/src/esp_modem_command_library.cpp b/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/src/esp_modem_command_library.cpp
index 867ca20..dd79e8e 100644
--- a/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/src/esp_modem_command_library.cpp
+++ b/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/src/esp_modem_command_library.cpp
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ command_result set_flow_control(CommandableIf *t, int dce_flow, int dte_flow)
     return generic_command_common(t, "AT+IFC=" + std::to_string(dce_flow) + ", " + std::to_string(dte_flow) + "\r");
 }
 
-command_result get_operator_name(CommandableIf *t, std::string &operator_name)
+command_result get_operator_name(CommandableIf *t, std::string &operator_name, int &act)
 {
     ESP_LOGV(TAG, "%s", __func__ );
     std::string_view out;
@@ -239,9 +239,19 @@ command_result get_operator_name(CommandableIf *t, std::string &operator_name)
     auto pos = out.find("+COPS");
     auto property = 0;
     while (pos != std::string::npos) {
-        // Looking for: +COPS: <mode>[, <format>[, <oper>]]
+        // Looking for: +COPS: <mode>[, <format>[, <oper>[, <act>]]]
         if (property++ == 2) {  // operator name is after second comma (as a 3rd property of COPS string)
             operator_name = out.substr(++pos);
+            auto additional_comma = operator_name.find(',');    // check for the optional ACT
+            if (additional_comma != std::string::npos && std::from_chars(operator_name.data() + additional_comma + 1,operator_name.data() + operator_name.length(), act).ec != std::errc::invalid_argument) {
+                operator_name = operator_name.substr(0, additional_comma);
+            }
+            // and strip quotes if present
+            auto quote1 = operator_name.find('"');
+            auto quote2 = operator_name.rfind('"');
+            if (quote1 != std::string::npos && quote2 != std::string::npos) {
+                operator_name = operator_name.substr(quote1+1, quote2-1);
+            }
             return command_result::OK;
         }
         pos = out.find(',', ++pos);
diff --git a/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/test/host_test/main/LoopbackTerm.cpp b/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/test/host_test/main/LoopbackTerm.cpp
index f3f3022..936a135 100644
--- a/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/test/host_test/main/LoopbackTerm.cpp
+++ b/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/test/host_test/main/LoopbackTerm.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ int LoopbackTerm::write(uint8_t *data, size_t len)
             response = "+CSQ: 123,456\n\r\nOK\r\n";
         } else if (command.find("AT+CGMM\r") != std::string::npos) {
             response = "0G Dummy Model\n\r\nOK\r\n";
+        } else if (command.find("AT+COPS?\r") != std::string::npos) {
+            response = "+COPS: 0,0,\"OperatorName\",5\n\r\nOK\r\n";
         } else if (command.find("AT+CBC\r") != std::string::npos) {
             response = is_bg96 ? "+CBC: 1,20,123456\r\r\n\r\nOK\r\n\n\r\n" :
                        "+CBC: 123.456V\r\r\n\r\nOK\r\n\n\r\n";
diff --git a/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/test/host_test/main/test_modem.cpp b/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/test/host_test/main/test_modem.cpp
index 881754b..3e3d4a9 100644
--- a/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/test/host_test/main/test_modem.cpp
+++ b/managed_components/espressif__esp_modem/test/host_test/main/test_modem.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@ TEST_CASE("DCE AT parser", "[esp_modem]")
     std::string model;
     CHECK(dce->get_module_name(model) == command_result::OK);
     CHECK(model == "0G Dummy Model");
+
+    std::string operator_name;
+    int act = 99;
+    CHECK(dce->get_operator_name(operator_name) == command_result::OK);
+    CHECK(operator_name == "OperatorName");
+    CHECK(dce->get_operator_name(operator_name, act) == command_result::OK);
+    CHECK(operator_name == "OperatorName");
+    CHECK(act == 5);
 }