Communication device having concurrent carrier configuration and esim profile installation

A method comprising:

• receiving, at a communication device, carrier destination data identifying a selected carrier;
• and
• in response to determining that carrier destination data is received:
• requesting download, via a network interface of the communication device, of an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) profile associated with a selected carrier from a subscription server based on the identified carrier destination;
• receiving the eSIM profile via the network interface;
• and
• installing the eSIM profile in an eSIM of the communication device.

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage device;
• and
• program code on the computer readable storage device that when executed by a processor associated with a communication device having a radio frequency (RF) frontend, an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM), and a network interface, the program code enables the communication device to provide local profile assistant functionality of:
• receiving, at a communication device, carrier destination data identifying a selected carrier;
• and
• in response to determining that carrier destination data is received:
• requesting download, via a network interface of the communication device, of an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) profile associated with a selected carrier from a subscription server based on the identified carrier destination;
• receiving the eSIM profile via the network interface;
• and
• installing the eSIM profile in an eSIM of the communication device.