Patent ID: 8538427

Claim:
A method for obtaining telecommunications services through a telecommunications terminal, the method performed by the telecommunications terminal and comprising: acquiring information relating to availability of a complex telecommunications service comprising a plurality of service components; identifying each service component required for the complex telecommunications service, each service component having different predetermined functionality, wherein identifying each service component is carried out automatically by the terminal; selecting a service provider from a plurality of service providers for each identified service component; activating a respective end-to-end connection between the telecommunications terminal and each selected service provider for each identified service component; providing identification information from said terminal to each selected service provider; and executing software instructions stored in a memory of the terminal to invoke the functionality of at least one of the identified service components, wherein the terminal is registered with only one telecommunication network of the selected service providers, the service provider of the one telecommunication network acting as a primary service provider for the other selected service providers with respect to the terminal.