In response to a request by a mobile terminal for an information resource
associated with a generic service name, one wireless network provides an
IP address for a first provider of information. Another wireless network,
in response to the same generic service name, provides an IP address for
a different information provider. Other wireless networks will provide
addresses for still other providers. Upper level generic service names
include one or more hierarchically-arranged lower levels of generic
service names. This tree of generic service names is used to create, in a
consistent manner in different wireless networks, a generic directory of
accessible information resources. In certain embodiments, a mobile
terminal determines its location and provides location information with
(or in connection with) a generic service name.