Methods, systems, and devices for obtaining a profile enabling establishment of an active subscription for services of a mobile network

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

• obtaining, via a wireless connection to a wireless local area network, an interim profile supporting communication with a mobile network;
• provisioning the interim profile on an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) of the communication device;
• enabling the interim profile to establish limited connectivity over the mobile network, wherein the limited connectivity facilitates communication with a subscription manager node of the mobile network;
• communicating with the subscription manager node to establish an active subscription for services of the mobile network;
• enabling an operational profile comprising subscription information associated with the active subscription;
• and
• utilizing the services of the mobile network for communication with a packet data network, via the mobile network.

A method, comprising:

• establishing, by a processing system of a communication device, wherein the processing system includes a processor, a wireless data link via a wireless local area network;
• obtaining, by the processing system, via the wireless data link, an interim profile supporting communication with a mobile network;
• provisioning, by the processing system, the interim profile on an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) of the communication device;
• enabling, by the processing system, the interim profile to establish limited connectivity over the mobile network, wherein the limited connectivity facilitates communication with a subscription manager node of the mobile network;
• communicating, by the processing system, with the subscription manager node to establish an active subscription for services of the mobile network;
• enabling, by the processing system, an operational profile comprising subscription information associated with the active subscription;
• and
• utilizing, by the processing system, the services of the mobile network for communication with a packet data network, via the mobile network.