A method and system for controlling the provisioning of a device with
information for accessing services of a wireless service provider via a
wireless network is provided. The provisioning system initially stores
automatic provisioning information on the device that includes the
identification of wireless service providers that have the capability to
automatically provision the device. When a user of the device wants to
subscribe to a service of a service provider, the provisioning system
requests an automatic provisioning service of the service provider to
provide information describing available services and information needed
to subscribe to those services. When the user selects a service and
provides the needed information, the provisioning system retrieves
provisioning information for the selected service from the service
provider. The provisioning system stores the provisioning information on
the device so that the device can then be used to access the selected
service of the service provider.