A module interfaces a mobile communications network to a packet data
network and is capable of implementing an Intelligent Network Service for
a packet-switched service for subscribers of the mobile communications
network. A network interface module may be operative to implement such
prepaid charging in real-time. The network interface module may determine
both a count and a time period from the prepaid balance, and compare the
number of information units exchanged during the service and the duration
of the service against the count and time period, respectively. An entry
for a subscriber in a Subscriber Information Registry of a home mobile
communications network may be defined such that when a subscriber roams
into a visited mobile communications network, the network interface
module of the home mobile communications network is used to implement a
session between the mobile terminal of the subscriber and a node of a
packet data network.