Global platform for managing subscriber identity modules

A system operating in a mobile wireless network comprising:

• a first home location register (HLR) containing a plurality of International Mobile Subscriber Identities (IMSIs) allocated to the system;
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• a provisioning server coupled to the first HLR and operative to communicate with the mobile wireless network including a plurality of mobile switching centers (MSCs) and a plurality of mobile devices operating in the mobile wireless network, wherein the provisioning server receives a signal from the mobile wireless network specifying a location of a first mobile device having a first IMSI and operating in the mobile wireless network under a first condition, provisions the first IMSI in the first HLR based on a state transition rule from a first provisioning state to a second provisioning state, provisions a second IMSI in the first HLR based on the state transition rule from a third provisioning state to the first provisioning state, and transmits data identifying the second IMSI to the first mobile device to allow the first mobile device to operate in the mobile wireless network under a second condition.