Patent ID: 8170553

Claim:
A wireless device comprising: a wireless communications interface; a user interface; a System Interface Module (SIM) card; and processing circuitry communicatively coupled to the wireless communications interface, the user interface, and to the SIM card, the processing circuitry, in combination with the wireless communications interface, the user interface, and the SIM card operable to: establish communications with each of a plurality of wireless networks; transmit SIM card information to the wireless networks; receive SIM card authentication challenge from at least two of the wireless networks, in which the wireless networks receive a SIM card authentication challenge information from a SIM card server that supports the SIM card, when the wireless networks query the SIM card server in response to the SIM card information transmitted to the wireless networks; respond to the SIM card authentication challenge; select a servicing wireless network from the at least two wireless networks based upon correspondingly received wireless service terms; and receive wireless service from the selected wireless network.