Apparatus (58), and an associated method, for facilitating delivery of
network-specific dialing codes to a mobile node (12). When a mobile node
(12) is registered to a network part (18) of the network infrastructure
of a radio communication system (10), a request (62) is generated by the
mobile node (12), requesting download thereto of the dialing codes used
in the network part (18) to call service centers (42) associated
therewith. The requested dialing codes are downloaded to the mobile node
(12). And, the downloaded dialing codes are indexed (68) together with
the dialing codes normally used by the mobile node (12) to call the
corresponding service centers (42). Subsequently, when a call is placed
to a service center, the dialing codes are transposed (74), if necessary,
to permit the call to a designated service center (42) to be completed.