Patent ID: 8831565

Claim:
A method for at least one module in a native communication network, comprising: providing authorization to a mobile communication device to access the native communication network, wherein the native communication network is operated by a first service provider and within a billing system of the first service provider; receiving a request by the mobile communication device to access a non-native communication network, wherein the non-native communication network is operated by and under control of a second service provider and within a billing system of the second service provider; determining by the at least one module in the native communication network to authorize the mobile communication device to switch from the native communication network to the non-native communication network by: determining a position of the mobile communication device and current bandwidth utilization of the native communication network at the determined position of the mobile communication device; and when the current bandwidth utilization of the native communication network at the determined position compares unfavorably to a bandwidth utilization threshold, determining to authorize the mobile communication device to access the non-native communication network.