Method for downloading subscription information to an identification unit connected to a wireless communication device operating within a cellular network, said cellular network comprising at least one packet gateway node, at least one remote provisioning server being connected to the packet gateway node, the remote provisioning server comprising a provisioning database, wherein the wireless communication device further comprises basic packet based communication protocol means, the wireless communication device operating in a mode with limited access to the remote provisioning server within the cellular network, and said identification unit comprises a controller comprising advanced packet based communication protocol means by using said basic packet based communication protocol means provided by the wireless communication device, the method comprising the steps: - submitting a request comprising an authentication identifier and access information relating to one remote provisioning server from the identification unit to the cellular network, submitting said request by means of said advanced packet based communication protocol means, - receiving at the cellular network said request from the identification unit, - forwarding at the cellular network said request using a connection tunnel preconfigured according to said access information from the packet gateway node to the remote provisioning server addressed by said access information, - upon reception of a response message from the cellular network creating based on received data relative to subscription information an identity record and storing said created identity record in memory means of the identification unit. said cellular network comprising at least one packet gateway node, at least one remote provisioning server being connected to the packet gateway node, the remote provisioning server comprising a provisioning database, wherein the wireless communication device further comprises basic packet based communication protocol means, the wireless communication device operating in a mode with limited access to the remote provisioning server within the cellular network, and said identification unit comprises a controller comprising advanced packet based communication protocol means by using said basic packet based communication protocol means provided by the wireless communication device, the method comprising the steps: - submitting a request comprising an authentication identifier and access information relating to one remote provisioning server from the identification unit to the cellular network, submitting said request by means of said advanced packet based communication protocol means, - receiving at the cellular network said request from the identification unit, - forwarding at the cellular network said request using a connection tunnel preconfigured according to said access information from the packet gateway node to the remote provisioning server addressed by said access information, - upon reception of a response message from the cellular network creating based on received data relative to subscription information an identity record and storing said created identity record in memory means of the identification unit. - submitting a request comprising an authentication identifier and access information relating to one remote provisioning server from the identification unit to the cellular network, submitting said request by means of said advanced packet based communication protocol means, - receiving at the cellular network said request from the identification unit, - forwarding at the cellular network said request using a connection tunnel preconfigured according to said access information from the packet gateway node to the remote provisioning server addressed by said access information, - upon reception of a response message from the cellular network creating based on received data relative to subscription information an identity record and storing said created identity record in memory means of the identification unit.