A wireless communication system is configured to allow for the provisioning of
partitioned telecommunication service to subscribers. A wireless switch contains
a partition table which associates a service provider with each wireless terminal
which has the switch as its home switch. When providing telecommunication services
to a subscriber using a wireless terminal, the switch provides such services using
resources associated with the service provider associated with the subscriber.
In one embodiment, such a resource may be a subscriber profile database such that
multiple service providers maintain separate subscriber profile databases connected
to the switch. The switch, upon determining the service provider associated with
a subscriber requesting service, will retrieve the subscriber's profile from the
subscriber database associated with the identified service provider. The switch
then provides services in accordance with the retrieved profile.