A framework whereby mobile terminals are configured and managed by a
central server. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention,
there is provided a mobile telecommunications terminal including a first
execution environment and a second execution environment, each execution
environment being arranged to execute a respective device management
agent and each agent issuing, in accordance with instructions from a
device management server, management actions that act upon one or more
respective management entities running within one or more of the
execution environments; wherein the management entities of the second
execution environment are grouped into a management structure, the
management structure being one of the management entities within the
first execution environment, whereby the he first and second execution
environments permit the device management server is permitted to manage
applications and/or services running within both.