Patent ID: 8527006

Claim:
Apparatus for controlling a wireless device, comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: selectively reconfigure, during wireless communications by the wireless device, connection of at least a first modem and a second modem of the wireless device to at least a first SIM and a second SIM of the wireless device in use such that, in a first mapping configuration, said first SIM is connected to said first modem and provides wireless communication capability for the wireless device and said second SIM is connected to said second modem and provides wireless communication capability for the wireless device and, in a second mapping configuration, said second SIM is disconnected from said second modem, and said first SIM is disconnected from said first modem and is connected to said second modem and provides wireless communication capability to the wireless device thereby to provide a different level of wireless communication service for the first SIM than in the first mapping configuration.