A method of storing an e-mail address within an Abbreviated Dialing Number (ADN)
record of a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card is provided. The ADN record typically
includes a plurality of fields having personal contact information relating to
a contact stored in the ADN record. The inventive method includes the steps of
allocating a first number of bytes of memory space to a first field in the ADN
record, storing an e-mail address of a contact in the first field in the ADN record,
and setting a flag in a second field in the ADN record indicating a presence of
a e-mail address in the first field in the ADN record.