imsi information 330 and ip address 340 are transferred from the removable storage module 210 to the handset 205 for facilitating an initial cell search and to camp on the cell determined from the search s21 a communication link between the mobile unit 200 and the utran node 605 is established and system information is sent from the utran node 605 to the mobile unit 200 s22a s22b in response the mobile unit 200 sends a connection request including the stored imsi information 330 to the utran node 605 s23 once the connection is granted by the utran node 605 s24a s24b the mobile unit 200 may be used to request a transfer and or connection to the cs or ps core network ip network 610 s25a s25b whereby the utran node 605 forwards the ip address 340 to the core network ip network 610 s25b once the mobile unit 200 is connected to the core network ip network 610 data may be transferred between the core network ip network 610 and the mobile unit 200 s26 fig7 shows a system 700 including at least one mobile unit 200 a utran node 705 a circuit switched network 710 and an all ip network 715 when a request to connect the mobile unit 200 is received by dialing or receiving a call s27 the plmn information 320 imsi information 330 ip address 340 and user information 350 are transferred from the removable storage module 210 to the handset 205 for facilitating an initial cell search and to camp on the cell determined from the search s28 a communication link between the mobile unit 200 and the utran node 705 is established and system information is sent from the utran node.