A system comprising a control center for managing mobile wireless devices in a wireless network, the system comprising: a processor; a radio receiver and transmitter unit; and a memory coupled with the processor, wherein the memory is configured to provide the processor with instructions which when executed cause the processor to: at the control center, receive an activation code transmitted by a mobile wireless device, wherein the activation code comprises a subscriber identification code and a code representing a request for a type of activation and a request for data representing customer specific services from the mobile wireless device; retrieve the data representing customer specific services from a subscriber database and a home location register "HLR" by utilizing the subscriber identification code, the subscriber database accessed by the control center and wherein the subscriber database contains a plurality of subscriber profiles including a subscriber profile for the mobile wireless device; provision network elements including the HLR in the wireless network according to the type of activation; in response to the receipt of the activation code, transmit the data representing customer specific services to the mobile wireless device to provision the mobile wireless device with said operator-specific and subscriber-specific settings to reflect said request for the type of activation and thereby to activate the mobile wireless device for operation in the wireless network; and update the subscriber database with at least said data representing customer specific services to reflect the activation of the mobile wireless device. a processor; a radio receiver and transmitter unit; and a memory coupled with the processor, wherein the memory is configured to provide the processor with instructions which when executed cause the processor to: at the control center, receive an activation code transmitted by a mobile wireless device, wherein the activation code comprises a subscriber identification code and a code representing a request for a type of activation and a request for data representing customer specific services from the mobile wireless device; retrieve the data representing customer specific services from a subscriber database and a home location register "HLR" by utilizing the subscriber identification code, the subscriber database accessed by the control center and wherein the subscriber database contains a plurality of subscriber profiles including a subscriber profile for the mobile wireless device; provision network elements including the HLR in the wireless network according to the type of activation; in response to the receipt of the activation code, transmit the data representing customer specific services to the mobile wireless device to provision the mobile wireless device with said operator-specific and subscriber-specific settings to reflect said request for the type of activation and thereby to activate the mobile wireless device for operation in the wireless network; and update the subscriber database with at least said data representing customer specific services to reflect the activation of the mobile wireless device. at the control center, receive an activation code transmitted by a mobile wireless device, wherein the activation code comprises a subscriber identification code and a code representing a request for a type of activation and a request for data representing customer specific services from the mobile wireless device; retrieve the data representing customer specific services from a subscriber database and a home location register "HLR" by utilizing the subscriber identification code, the subscriber database accessed by the control center and wherein the subscriber database contains a plurality of subscriber profiles including a subscriber profile for the mobile wireless device; provision network elements including the HLR in the wireless network according to the type of activation; in response to the receipt of the activation code, transmit the data representing customer specific services to the mobile wireless device to provision the mobile wireless device with said operator-specific and subscriber-specific settings to reflect said request for the type of activation and thereby to activate the mobile wireless device for operation in the wireless network; and update the subscriber database with at least said data representing customer specific services to reflect the activation of the mobile wireless device.