Geo-location assisted cellular network discovery

A mobile device, comprising:

• a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) module configured to determine geographical location information of the mobile device;
• a memory configured to store the geographical location information and associated cell information, wherein the memory is configured to store a plurality of previously camped cell information entries associated with respective geographical location information;
• and
• a modem communicatively coupled to the GNSS module and configured to perform a cell search based on previously camped cell information associated with the geographical location information, wherein the modem is configured to retrieve one of the plurality of previously camped cell information entries from the memory based on corresponding geographical location information.

A computer program product comprising instructions stored in a tangible computer-readable storage medium, the instructions comprising:

• instructions for facilitating receipt of geographical location information of a mobile device;
• instructions for retrieving stored cell information based on the geographical location information;
• and
• instructions for invoking a cell search based on the stored cell information associated with the geographical location information.