ON DEMAND PROVISIONING IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK

摘要

A method and system for on demand provisioning of a SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card on network elements within a mobile communication network (10) and an on demand provisioning system (26) is provided. A subscriber detection message including a SIM identifier associated with the SIM card is received with the SIM identifier being extracted from the subscriber detection message. The SIM identifier can be an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) of the SIM card. From the SIM identifier, it is determined whether the SIM card is to be provisioned on at least one network element within the network. If the SIM card is to be provisioned, a mobile telephone number is associated with or assigned to the SIM card on the at least one network element within the mobile communication network (10).