Method of and system for emulation of multiple subscriber profiles on a single mobile phone in a wireless telecommunications network

A method of enabling a telephone to emulate more than one subscriber profile in a telecommunications network, which comprises the step of:

• identifying a group of telephones and subscriber profiles, each of the telephones being associated with a subscriber profile in the group;
• and
• in response to a selection of a telephone in the group, determining whether the selected telephone is in the group;
• whenever the selected telephone is in the group,
• associating the telephone with a subscriber profile associated with the selected telephone, such that the telephone emulates the associated subscriber profile, and
• indicating on the telephone that the associated subscriber profile from the group was successfully associated with the telephone;
• and
• whenever the selected telephone is not in the group, indicating on the telephone that the associated subscriber profile from the group was not successfully associated with the telephone.

A system for enabling a telephone to emulate more than one subscriber profile in a telecommunications network, comprising:

• a home register comprising:
• means for identifying a group of telephones and subscriber profiles, each of the telephones being associated with a subscriber profile in the group,
• means for determining whether a selected telephone is in the group, and
• means for associating the telephone with a subscriber profile associated with the selected telephone, such that the telephone emulates the associated subscriber profile, and
• the telephone comprising:
• means for selecting another telephone, and
• means for indicating whether or not the associated subscriber profile from the group was successfully associated with the telephone.

A method of enabling a group of telephones to emulate at least one subscriber profile in a telecommunications network, which comprises the steps of:

• identifying a telephone group of telephones and telephone profiles, each of the telephones being associated with a telephone profile in the group;
• in response to a selection of a first telephone in the telephone group from a second telephone, associating the second telephone with a subscriber profile associated with the first telephone, such that the second telephone is able to emulate the associated subscriber profile;
• and
• in response to a selection of a first telephone in the telephone group from a third telephone, associating the third telephone with the subscriber profile associated with the first telephone, such that the third telephone is able to emulate the associated subscriber profile.