Mobile radio communications device for closed subscriber group management

A method of managing closed subscriber group selection in a mobile radio communications device for a communications system, the mobile radio communications device comprising a non-access-stratum layer (NAS) and an access-stratum layer (AS), the method comprising:

• storing a whitelist of closed subscriber group (CSG) identities, wherein the CSG whitelist is provided by the non-access stratum layer to the access stratum layer;
• retrieving, from a Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM), at least one of an Allowed CSG list and an Operator CSG list, and to indicate, to a user, a list of CSGs to allow the user to make a selection of a closed subscriber group;
• and
• providing, by said NAS to said AS, an updated closed subscriber group whitelist when the contents of the closed subscriber group whitelist have changed.