A method for providing a portable broadband service, the method comprising: enabling a wireless connectivity between a wireless convergence platform and an Internet gateway, wherein the wireless convergence platform performs as a portable broadband information gateway user equipment; enabling a connectivity between the wireless convergence platform and at least one device characterized by that receiving, by the wireless convergence platform, a request from the at least one device for an application service, wherein the application service is provided by an Internet application server, which is spatially separated from the at least one device, and wherein the application service is associated with functionality in the at least one device; checking, by the wireless convergence platform, the authentication of the credentials of the at least one device and if the device is authenticated relaying, by the wireless convergence platform a secure channel between the at least one device and the Internet application server; using the wireless convergence platform for obtaining the application service from the Internet application server through the Internet gateway using the wireless connectivity via the secure channel; and relaying, by the wireless convergence platform, the application service from the Internet application server through the connectivity to the at least one device via the secure channel to enable the at least one device to provide the functionality associated with the application service, wherein the wireless convergence platform and the at least one device each comprise a thin software layer which is a protocol and markup language, PML, component which resides above the Transport Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, TCP/IP, layer and above an Universal Plug and Play, UPnP, layer in an interconnection protocol stack and manages the end-to-end connectivity and manages the authentication. enabling a wireless connectivity between a wireless convergence platform and an Internet gateway, wherein the wireless convergence platform performs as a portable broadband information gateway user equipment; enabling a connectivity between the wireless convergence platform and at least one device characterized by that receiving, by the wireless convergence platform, a request from the at least one device for an application service, wherein the application service is provided by an Internet application server, which is spatially separated from the at least one device, and wherein the application service is associated with functionality in the at least one device; checking, by the wireless convergence platform, the authentication of the credentials of the at least one device and if the device is authenticated relaying, by the wireless convergence platform a secure channel between the at least one device and the Internet application server; using the wireless convergence platform for obtaining the application service from the Internet application server through the Internet gateway using the wireless connectivity via the secure channel; and relaying, by the wireless convergence platform, the application service from the Internet application server through the connectivity to the at least one device via the secure channel to enable the at least one device to provide the functionality associated with the application service, wherein the wireless convergence platform and the at least one device each comprise a thin software layer which is a protocol and markup language, PML, component which resides above the Transport Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, TCP/IP, layer and above an Universal Plug and Play, UPnP, layer in an interconnection protocol stack and manages the end-to-end connectivity and manages the authentication. relaying, by the wireless convergence platform a secure channel between the at least one device and the Internet application server; using the wireless convergence platform for obtaining the application service from the Internet application server through the Internet gateway using the wireless connectivity via the secure channel; and relaying, by the wireless convergence platform, the application service from the Internet application server through the connectivity to the at least one device via the secure channel to enable the at least one device to provide the functionality associated with the application service,