System and method for providing configurations of local network

A user terminal comprising:

• a mobile network interface configured to communicate with a mobile network;
• a local network interface configured to communicate with a local network;
• and
• a user interface configured to receive, from a user of the user terminal, a telephone number corresponding to the local network;
• wherein
• the mobile network interface is further configured to originate a call or an SMS mail to the received telephone number as a request to the mobile network, and configured to receive the configurations of the local network from the mobile network, and
• the local network interface is further configured to use the received configurations to communicate with the local network.

A method for providing a user terminal with configurations of a local network, comprising:

• obtaining the configurations of the local network and a telephone number corresponding to the local network;
• storing the obtained configurations and the obtained telephone number in to a storage unit such that the obtained configurations and the obtained telephone number are associated with each other;
• receiving, as a request for the configurations from the user terminal, a call or an SMS mail from the user terminal to the telephone number corresponding to the local network;
• retrieving the configurations associated with the received telephone number from the storage unit;
• and
• responding by sending the retrieved configurations to the user terminal.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer program that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to execute a method for providing a user terminal with configurations of a local network, the computer program comprising program instructions for:

• obtaining the configurations of the local network and a telephone number corresponding to the local network;
• storing the obtained configurations and the obtained telephone number in to a storage unit such that the obtained configurations and the obtained telephone number are associated with each other;
• receiving, as a request for the configurations from the user terminal, a call or an SMS mail from the user terminal to the telephone number corresponding to the local network;
• retrieving the configurations associated with the received telephone number from the storage unit;
• and
• responding by sending the retrieved configurations to the user terminal.