A method for managing profiles in a smart card integrated in in a local communication device (14; 114), in particular an eUICC, configured to operate with a mobile communication network, said local communication device (14; 114) comprising a software profile management module (15; 115), in particular an LPA module, configured to store profiles in said smart card (16; 116) and perform operations on said profiles stored in said smart card (16; 116) upon receiving an operation request from the mobile communication network (11; 111), said method comprising storing, in particular by an entity authorized to provide smart card profiles and/or request operations regarding a profile to be executed locally in the smart card, an operation request in a repository server, said operation request including an indication of a requested operation to be executed by the profile management module and an identifier of the smart card on which the requested operation is to be performed, checking periodically by the profile management module in a user equipment comprising an integrated smart card with a given card identifier if an operation request comprising a card identifier corresponding to said card identifier of the profile management module is available in the repository server, if said checking indicates that said operation request with a corresponding card identifier is available in the repository server, executing the requested operation at the profile management module, wherein said requested operation includes a profile download operation, said operation request includes a network address of a preparation server in which a profile to be downloaded is stored, said profile management module, upon accessing said operation request accesses directly said preparation server at said network address, and downloads said profile to be downloaded in said smart card integrated in a local communication device. storing, in particular by an entity authorized to provide smart card profiles and/or request operations regarding a profile to be executed locally in the smart card, an operation request in a repository server, said operation request including an indication of a requested operation to be executed by the profile management module and an identifier of the smart card on which the requested operation is to be performed, checking periodically by the profile management module in a user equipment comprising an integrated smart card with a given card identifier if an operation request comprising a card identifier corresponding to said card identifier of the profile management module is available in the repository server, if said checking indicates that said operation request with a corresponding card identifier is available in the repository server, executing the requested operation at the profile management module, wherein said requested operation includes a profile download operation, said operation request includes a network address of a preparation server in which a profile to be downloaded is stored, said profile management module, upon accessing said operation request accesses directly said preparation server at said network address, and downloads said profile to be downloaded in said smart card integrated in a local communication device.