A multi-mode mobile wireless communications device architecture (200)
including
an application layer (210), a services layer (220) interfacing the
applications layer, a multi-mode layer (230) interfacing the service layer,
and a hardware layer (240) interfacing the multi-mode layer. The multi-mode
layer includes first and second interoperable radio access technologies, for example
W-CDMA UMTS and GSM/GPRS technologies.