Method and apparatus for providing location information for a wireless communication device

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

• obtaining GPS location information from a GPS circuit via a main antenna;
• obtaining wireless location data via a wireless circuit utilizing the main antenna;
• storing the GPS location information and the wireless location data in a subscriber identity module (SIM) memory as aggregated location data;
• responsive to a detection of a wireless network connection between the processor and a wireless network via the main antenna, providing the aggregated location data to the processor for wireless transmission to a location server;
• responsive to a determination of a failure to detect the wireless network connection via the main antenna, providing the aggregated location data to the location server via the wireless circuit and a SIM antenna;
• and
• receiving a location-based service from the location server according to the GPS location information.

A method, comprising:

• obtaining, by a processing system including a processor, GPS location information from a GPS circuit via a first antenna;
• obtaining, by the processing system, wireless location data via a wireless circuit utilizing the first antenna;
• storing, by the processing system, the GPS location information and the wireless location data in a subscriber identity module (SIM) memory as aggregated location data;
• responsive to a detection of a wireless network connection between the processor and a wireless network via the first antenna, by the wireless circuit providing the aggregated location data to the processor for wireless transmission to a location server;
• responsive to a determination, by the processing system, of a failure to detect the wireless network connection via the first antenna:
• determining a group of wireless protocols supported by the wireless circuit;
• selecting a target wireless protocol from the group of wireless protocols;
• and
• providing, by the processing system, the aggregated location data to the location server via the wireless circuit and a second antenna according to the target wireless protocol.