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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2013
Uros Technology S.à R.l., Ettelbruck, LU;
Marko Nousiainen, Oulu, FI;
Tommi Uhari, Oulu, FI;
UROS TECHNOLOGY S.À R.L., Ettelbruck, LU;
Abstract
There is provided an apparatus caused to at least cause a reception of information from a second device, wherein the information indicates a need to utilize the network capacity of the apparatus by the second device; detect an identifier of the second device in order to enable identification of the second device; determine whether or not to allow the second device to utilize the network capacity on the basis of the identification; upon deciding to allow the second device to utilize the network capacity of the apparatus, apply an optimal SIM among a plurality of SIMs in accessing a network to be shared, wherein the apparatus comprises the plurality of SIMs and the optimal SIM is selected among the plurality of SIMs on the basis of predetermined criteria; and cause transfer of data between the second device and the accessed network.