Intelligent roaming system with over the air programming

摘要

A mobile station is used by one of a plurality of subscribers of a home area wireless service provider. The mobile station includes a memory that stores a list of preferred wireless carrier identities for use by the mobile station when roaming. The list of preferred wireless carrier identities is stored based upon a national account assigned to the mobile station for a plurality of market areas. The mobile station also includes a selector that automatically selects a preferred wireless carrier from the list stored in the memory when the mobile station is roaming and enters one of the market areas of the plurality of market areas.