A system and method for enabling a wireless device with customer-specific services

A mobile wireless device for operation in a wireless network comprising:

• a processor;
• a radio receiver and transmitter unit coupled to the processor;
• a graphical user interface (GUI) coupled to the processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory is configured to provide the processor with instructions which when executed cause the processor to:
• display a request for a user specified subscriber identification code on the GUI;
• receive a single entry of the user specified subscriber identification code from the GUI;
• append a code specifying a request for a type of activation and a request for data representing customer specific services to the subscriber identification code to form an activation code;
• transmit the activation code to a control center, wherein the transmission of the activation code results from the single entry of the user specified subscriber identification code into the GUI;
• receive the data representing customer specific services from the control center in response to the transmission of the activation code;
• and
• store the received data representing the customer specific services in the memory.