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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2014
Vodafone Ip Licensing Limited, Newbury, Berkshire, GB;
Vodafone IP Licensing Limited, Newbury, Berskshire, GB;
Abstract
A telecommunications system is provided, including a plurality of different cellular telecommunications networks, an identity module registrable on the plurality of different networks and containing multiple unique identifiers, each unique identifier being associated with a respective network; and, a device, operative in accordance with the identity module, to communicate with the networks when the identity module is registered on that network. The identity module includes a common security key associated with at least two of the unique identifiers such that the identity module is registrable on each one of the plurality of networks when a unique identifier of the identity module and its associated security key are authenticated for that network.