System and method for enabling and performing services and functionalities across device types and service providers within a communication device

A communication device for executing at least one firmware that is specific to at least one function and/or at least one service provided by at least one service provider, the communication device comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory storing (i) a database that stores the at least one firmware that is specific to the at least one function and/or the at least one service provided by the at least one service provider, (ii) one or more instructions to configure the processor, wherein the processor is configured by the one or more instructions to:
• receive at least one device function type, at least one service type, and at least one cost function from a user of the communication device;
• communicate the at least one device function type, the at least one service type, and the at least one cost function, received from the user to a portal server;
• download the at least one firmware that is configured to be executed on the communication device locally or remotely or from the portal server;
• and
• enable the at least one service and the at least one function associated with the at least one firmware for a hardware component that is specific to the at least one function and/or the at least one service upon the at least one firmware being executed on the communication device;
• and
• a programmable transceiver that comprises a modem virtualizer software layer that enables provision of the at least one function and/or the at least one service on the communication device by executing the at least one firmware without changing the hardware component of the communication device for every change in the at least one function and/or the at least one service provided by the at least one service provider,
• wherein the modem virtualizer software layer enables the at least one firmware executed on the communication device to be independent of an underlying hardware thereby providing a two-way communication modem functionality and at least one of (i) a broadcast transmission capability and (ii) a broadcast reception capability to the communication device, wherein the communication device enables the programmable transceiver to execute at least one of function and the at least one service depending upon the at least one firmware installed.