A system, a network, and a mobile device are disclosed in which the mobile device includes an embedded stub that interacts with a global service discovery server to obtain information about an operating server that handles communications from the mobile device. The stub causes the mobile device to communicate with the global service discovery server when the mobile device initially boots up, when the mobile device resets; or when a SIM card is changed. The global service discovery server identifies information for the mobile device such as the network operator, the country of use, the IMEI number, a device manufacturer, a carrier, a country of use, a mobile country code (MCC) and/or a mobile network code (MNC). Once the operating server is identified the mobile device and request and receive application software from the operating server.