Patent ID: 8102859

Claim:
A method for network selection, the method comprising: after network selection is triggered, reading a network selection list stored in a Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) and a network selection list stored in a mobile equipment (ME), wherein the UICC is embedded in the ME and accessible by the ME, wherein the network selection list stored in the ME is stored in a device management (DM) tree of the ME, and wherein the network selection list in the DM tree of the ME is configured through a DM command sent in a DM session; and performing network selection according to the network selection list stored in the UICC and the network selection list stored in the ME; wherein the triggered network selection is a PLMN selection, and performing network selection comprises: attempting to select a PLMN network from the network selection list stored in the UICC; and when no PLMN network is selected from the network selection list stored in the UICC, selecting a PLMN network in the network selection list stored in the ME.