An apparatus for providing network access, the apparatus comprising: - a first platform module adapted to support network access via a first Radio Access Technology, or RAT, and comprising a first data interface; - a second platform module co-located with the first platform module in the apparatus and adapted to support network access via at least one second RAT; - a first application residing on the apparatus and deployed within the second platform module or on an application platform module coupled to the second platform module; - a second data interface adapted to be coupled to the second platform module; characterized by - a third data interface adapted to be coupled to an external device, wherein the device is external with respect to the apparatus and comprises a second application; and - a switching hub comprising the second data interface and third data interface, the switching hub having at least a first switching state and a second switching state and realizing a first switching mechanism (170, 172) adapted to selectively couple the first data interface to at least one of i. the second data interface in the first switching state to provide network access, via the first RAT, over a first data path and via the second platform module, to the first application residing on the apparatus and ii. the third data interface in the second switching state to provide network access, via the first RAT, over a second data path to the second application residing on the external device. - a first platform module adapted to support network access via a first Radio Access Technology, or RAT, and comprising a first data interface; - a second platform module co-located with the first platform module in the apparatus and adapted to support network access via at least one second RAT; - a first application residing on the apparatus and deployed within the second platform module or on an application platform module coupled to the second platform module; - a second data interface adapted to be coupled to the second platform module; - a third data interface adapted to be coupled to an external device, wherein the device is external with respect to the apparatus and comprises a second application; and - a switching hub comprising the second data interface and third data interface, the switching hub having at least a first switching state and a second switching state and realizing a first switching mechanism (170, 172) adapted to selectively couple the first data interface to at least one of i. the second data interface in the first switching state to provide network access, via the first RAT, over a first data path and via the second platform module, to the first application residing on the apparatus and ii. the third data interface in the second switching state to provide network access, via the first RAT, over a second data path to the second application residing on the external device. i. the second data interface in the first switching state to provide network access, via the first RAT, over a first data path and via the second platform module, to the first application residing on the apparatus and ii. the third data interface in the second switching state to provide network access, via the first RAT, over a second data path to the second application residing on the external device.