Mobile telephone gateway apparatus, communication system, and gateway operating system

A communication system for providing communication capabilities through a plurality of communication networks using a plurality of communication protocols, said communication system comprising:

• a mobile phone operative in accordance with at least first communication network and at least first communication protocol, said mobile phone comprising first SIM card socket, said first SIM card socket configured for detachably connecting to a SIM card, said mobile phone configured for communication with a SIM card through said SIM card socket;
• a SIM card;
• a mobile phone gateway apparatus for providing wireless communication capabilities through at least second communication network in accordance with at least second communication protocol to said mobile phone, said mobile phone gateway comprising:
• means for protocol conversion between at least said first protocol and said second protocol, means for data/signaling communication between said mobile phone gateway and said mobile phone through a non-transitory electrical signaling transmission medium, SIM card connector, matching to said first SIM card socket of said mobile phone, said SIM card connector configured for detachably connecting to said SIM card socket of said mobile phone, second SIM card socket, configured for detachably connecting to a SIM card, first SIM communication means, configured for communication with said mobile phone through said SIM card connector, second SIM communication means, configured for communication with a SIM card through said second SIM card socket, means for controlling and wrapping SIM functionalities, said SIM functionalities provided by one or more SIM card logics, said SIM card logics may be the same or different,
• said mobile phone gateway detachably connecting to said mobile phone through said SIM card connector of said mobile phone gateway and said first SIM card socket of said mobile phone;
• said mobile phone gateway communicating with said mobile phone by said first SIM communication means through said SIM card connector;
• said mobile phone gateway detachably connecting to said SIM card by said second SIM card socket of said mobile phone gateway;
• said mobile phone gateway communicating with said SIM card by said second SIM communication means through said second SIM card socket;
• said mobile phone gateway controls and wraps said SIM functionalities with said means for controlling and wrapping SIM functionalities, said SIM functionalities are provided to said mobile phone through said first SIM communication means and said SIM card connector of said mobile phone gateway;
• said mobile phone gateway establishing one or more communication paths between said mobile phone and stations of at least the second network through said mobile phone gateway, said communication paths may be the same or different.