Method and apparatus for provisioning a communications client on a host device

A host communications device certified for operation on a wireless communications network, the device comprising:

• a host-independent data communications client;
• an abstraction layer for communication between the certified host communications device and the host independent communications client;
• at least one data store for storing variant configuration information and provisioning information;
• and
• a provisioning application and configuration application on said host-independent communications client, the provisioning application and configuration application configured to select the provisioning information stored in said at least one data store as a function of the variant configuration information and apply the selected provisioning information to provision the host-independent data communications client utilizing said abstraction layer.