diff --git a/homeassistant/components/huawei_lte/sensor.py b/homeassistant/components/huawei_lte/sensor.py
index 4ef88eb783e..da78dc7d8cf 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/huawei_lte/sensor.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/huawei_lte/sensor.py
@@ -137,7 +137,9 @@ def format_default(value):
     unit = None
     if value is not None:
         # Clean up value and infer unit, e.g. -71dBm, 15 dB
-        match = re.match(r"(?P<value>.+?)\s*(?P<unit>[a-zA-Z]+)\s*$", str(value))
+        match = re.match(
+            r"([>=<]*)(?P<value>.+?)\s*(?P<unit>[a-zA-Z]+)\s*$", str(value)
+        )
         if match:
             try:
                 value = float(match.group("value"))
diff --git a/tests/components/huawei_lte/test_sensor.py b/tests/components/huawei_lte/test_sensor.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f9834349750
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/components/huawei_lte/test_sensor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+"""Huawei LTE sensor tests."""
+
+import pytest
+
+from homeassistant.components.huawei_lte import sensor
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("value", "expected"),
+    (("-71 dBm", (-71, "dBm")), ("15dB", (15, "dB")), (">=-51dBm", (-51, "dBm"))),
+)
+def test_format_default(value, expected):
+    """Test that default formatter copes with expected values."""
+    assert sensor.format_default(value) == expected