Methods, systems, and devices for providing subscription services for a communication device using an operational profile

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

• determining a first subscription associated with a communication device has expired, wherein the first subscription is for a first group of services for a mobile network;
• converting, over the mobile network via over-the-air (OTA) communications, an operational profile to a bootstrap profile;
• receiving, over the mobile network, a first registration request from the communication device;
• detecting, over the mobile network, the bootstrap profile on the communication device;
• providing, over the mobile network, according to the bootstrap profile, limited services to the communication device to subscribe to a second subscription for a second group of services;
• obtaining subscription information for the second subscription for the second group of services;
• adjusting, over the mobile network, the bootstrap profile to the operational profile on the communication device according to the subscription information resulting in an adjusted operational profile;
• receiving, over the mobile network, a second registration request for the communication device according to the adjusted operation profile;
• registering the communication device according to the adjusted operational profile;
• and
• providing, over the mobile network, the second group of services to the communication device according to the adjusted operational profile.

A method comprising:

• determining, by a processing system including a processor, a first subscription associated with a communication device has expired, wherein the first subscription is for a first group of services for a mobile network;
• sending, by the processing system, a first notification to a network device that indicates that an operational profile associated with the communication device is inactive;
• receiving, by the processing system, over the mobile network, a first registration request from the communication device;
• detecting, by the processing system, over the mobile network, a bootstrap profile on the communication device;
• providing, by the processing system, over the mobile network, according to the bootstrap profile, limited services to the communication device to subscribe to a second subscription for a second group of services;
• obtaining, by the processing system, subscription information for the second subscription for the second group of services;
• adjusting, by the processing system, over the mobile network, the operational profile on the communication device according to the subscription information resulting in an adjusted operational profile;
• receiving, by the processing system, over the mobile network, a second registration request for the communication device according to the adjusted operation profile;
• registering, by the processing system, the communication device according to the adjusted operational profile;
• and
• providing, by the processing system, over the mobile network, the second group of services to the communication device according to the adjusted operational profile.