Setup of new subscriber radiotelephone service using the internet

A system for utilizing the Internet to request a subscription to radiotelephone service or to change a current radiotelephone service subscription, the radiotelephone being programmable to provide the requested service in response to its receipt of a wireless programming signal, the service requester having access to the internet via an internet access device, the system comprising:

• an internet web server connected to the internet for
• (i) presenting to the requester a sensible listing of radiotelephone services and features in response to being accessed by the internet access device, the services and features being selectable by the requester's manipulation of the internet access device, and
• (ii) providing queries to the requester which require the requester to provide selected authentication data and credit data via the internet access device concerning the requester and the radiotelephone;
• a billing server for receiving credit data from the web server, and then, if the credit data is veracious, storing the service and feature selections made by the requester, the billing server being adapted to also accumulate and store billing data related to the use of the radiotelephone with the selected services and features;
• a radiotelephone switching center, which is connectable to wire and wireless telephone networks, for
• (i) receiving the service and feature selections stored by the billing server, and,
• (ii) effecting and performing the selected services and features as it routes communications to and from the radiotelephone over the networks in response to both (a) an authentication signal and (b) the requester attempting to use the radiotelephone to place or receive a communication over the networks;
• an authentication center for providing the authentication signal if the authentication data presented by the requester is veracious;
• and
• a radiotelephone activator in communication with the billing server and the switching center and responsive to the authentication signal for sending a wireless programming signal to the radiotelephone upon initial activation thereof with the selected features and services, the wireless signal appropriately programming the radiotelephone to provide the selected services and features that coincide with those received by the billing server and the switching center.