A mobile terminal enabled for telecare and a procedure for operating a mobile terminal enabled for telecare

摘要

A telecare-enabled mobile terminal (100) comprising: A controller (150); a first subscriber identity (IMSI1); a second subscriber identity (IMSI2); and at least one mobile network interface (152) to provide telecommunications connectivity (111) for the mobile terminal as identified by the first subscriber identity and the second subscriber identity, respectively. wherein the controller is configured to use the first subscriber identity for outgoing telecommunications traffic related to a telecare service (141) provided by a remote telecare provider (140), wherein the controller is configured to use the second subscriber identity for outgoing telecommunications traffic that is not related to said telecare service, and in which the controller (150) is configured to: determine if the mobile terminal has telecommunication connectivity (111) to a telecommunications network mobiles (110) for the first subscriber identity (IMSI1); and if not: use the second subscriber identity, (IMSI2), to send a request to the mobile telecommunications network (110) to allow call forwarding for incoming calls to the first subscriber identity, (IMSI1), to forward to the second subscriber identity, (IMSI2).