Enhanced system acquisition while roaming

An apparatus for wireless communication, the apparatus comprising:

• a memory;
• a transceiver;
• and
• at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory and the transceiver, the at least one processor configured for:
• detecting roaming from a coverage area associated with a first public land mobile network (PLMN) supporting hybrid voice and data to a coverage area associated with a second PLMN without support for hybrid voice and data;
• in response to the detecting, storing data corresponding to the second PLMN such that the second PLMN is a registered PLMN (RPLMN);
• and
• initiating system acquisition, wherein the system acquisition comprises searching for the RPLMN prior to searching for any other PLMN.

An apparatus for wireless communication, the apparatus comprising:

• means for detecting roaming from a coverage area associated with a first public land mobile network (PLMN) supporting hybrid voice and data to a coverage area associated with a second PLMN without support for hybrid voice and data;
• means for storing, in response to the detecting, data corresponding to the second PLMN such that the second PLMN is a registered PLMN (RPLMN);
• and
• means for initiating system acquisition, wherein the system acquisition comprises searching for the RPLMN prior to searching for any other PLMN.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions configured for:

• detecting roaming from a coverage area associated with a first public land mobile network (PLMN) supporting hybrid voice and data to a coverage area associated with a second PLMN without support for hybrid voice and data;
• in response to the detecting, storing data corresponding to the second PLMN such that the second PLMN is a registered PLMN (RPLMN);
• and
• initiating system acquisition, wherein the system acquisition comprises searching for the RPLMN prior to searching for any other PLMN.