System and method for provision of an advanced network function to a device

A telecommunications device configured to request and receive special services from a telecommunications system, the telecommunications device comprising:

• a network interface to a network-based server on the telecommunications system, the network-based server communicatively coupled to a telecommunications device through a communications network;
• a user interface for creating and initiating the transmission of a triggering request the network based server communicatively coupled to an advanced network functions server;
• software operating on the telecommunications device, in conjunction with the network interface and user interface, configured to cause the telecommunications device to:
• create a triggering request using the telecommunications device, the telecommunications device housing only a single SIM card but configured to operate as though it has multiple SIM cards and thus emulating multiple mobile devices, wherein the triggering request is configured to identify a particular special service that is requested and a particular number selected from a plurality of numbers associated with the single mobile device;
• transmitting the triggering request to the network-based server to request the particular special service;
• receiving the performance of the particular special service;
• and
• receiving a billing report and providing it to a user of the telecommunications device, wherein the provision of the particular special service is billed in association with the particular number.