APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PROVISIONING DEVICES TO UTILIZE SERVICES OF MOBILE NETWORK OPERATORS

摘要

A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for facilitating, at a system including at least one processor, establishment of a communication session with a device coupled to a Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) by way of network equipment of a default Mobile Network Operator (MNO), receiving, at the system, information descriptive of an MNO selection, selecting, at the system, from a database of credentials of a plurality of MNOs first credential information according to the received information, wherein the first credential information is associated with a first MNO of the plurality of MNOs, and transmitting, from the system, the first credential information to the UICC over the communication session by way of the device to cause the UICC to facilitate establishment of communications with network equipment of the first MNO according to the first credential information. Other embodiments are disclosed.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
initiating, by a system comprising a processor, a communication session requested by a portable communication device comprising a universal integrated circuit card by way of network equipment of a default mobile network operator, in accordance with default mobile network operator credentials included in the universal integrated circuit card, wherein the default mobile network operator credentials are provisioned at the universal integrated circuit card prior to the communication session; retrieving, by the system, from a database of credentials of a plurality of mobile network operators, first credential information associated with a selection provided by the portable communication device of a first mobile network operator of the plurality of mobile network operators; and transmitting, by the system, the first credential information to store in the universal integrated circuit card, the transmission occurring over the communication session by way of the portable communication device to cause the universal integrated circuit card to facilitate initiation of communications with network equipment of the first mobile network operator according to the first credential information, and sending, by the system, a request to the first mobile network operator to activate a subscription service for the portable communication device, wherein the default mobile network operator, responsive to activation of the subscription service, terminates services to the portable communication device.