PPP0 Authentication Issues

Having started to set up the 4G Hat for use over the serial port rather than through a USB connection I have run into the following issue.

Upon completing the instructions laid out in the documentation regarding PPP configuration I have been unable to connect to the internet with no Authorization, and inputting the default values for the service provider returns the following error:

sudo pon
/usr/sbin/pppd: The remote system (3gppp) is required to authenticate itself
/usr/sbin/pppd: but I couldn't find any suitable secret (password) for it to use to do so.

Does anyone know what might be causing this and how it should be resolved?