System and method for providing a network service in a distributed fashion to a mobile device

A system for providing communication services, the system having a memory and one or more processors configured to:

• receive a unique authentication token from a first device, and
• provide the communication services to the first device, wherein the communication services are associated with the unique authentication token and branded by a provider of the communication services that is other than a provider of a mobile network;
• wherein the first device includes application software for allowing the communication services, wherein the application software is branded by the provider of the communication services,
• wherein an identifier associated with the first device is stored by the provider of the communication services and the provider of the mobile network, wherein the communication services are associated with the identifier;
• wherein the identifier is a phone number associated with the first device,
• provide the communication services to the first device through each of a Wi-Fi network and the mobile network,
• wherein the communication services include a user generated message that is generated at the first device for transmission to a second device;
• monitor availability of a user of the second device, wherein the availability is related to the communication services;
• cause to display, on the first device, an indication of the monitored availability;
• and
• send the user generated message to the second device based on receiving the user generated message from the first device.