Patent ID: 8374578

Claim:
A method comprising: determining, by a wireless network comprising at least a service node, that a mobile terminal requesting a service is roaming and that the wireless network has no user profile for the roaming mobile terminal; in response to the determining, the service node facilitating establishment of a temporary account in the wireless network for the roaming mobile terminal independent of a home network of the roaming mobile terminal, in which the temporary account comprises at least charging information; and the service node utilizing the established temporary account when providing the roaming mobile terminal access to a provider of the requested service, and further comprising: in response to determining that the wireless network has no user profile for the roaming mobile terminal, utilizing a default user profile for the roaming mobile terminal which defines services which are available for the mobile terminal and charging for the available services, and wherein: the service is requested in session establishment signaling and the service node holds the requested session until at least the temporary account is established; and the service is requested via a packet data protocol context activation.