Abstract: A portable wireless access point (My WAP) comprising: circuitry that supports wireless communication to and from the My WAP; a plurality of proxy-SIMs each configured to be assigned selectively any of a plurality of subscriber identity module (SIM) identities as an alias SIM identity; and a controller operable to assign an alias SIM identity to each proxy-SIM in the plurality of proxy-SIMs and control the proxy-SIM to use the alias SIM identity and the circuitry to establish a communication channel between a communication device connected to the My WAP and a cell-phone network.