Apparatuses and methods for coordinating operations of multiple wireless communications modules with multiple subscriber numbers

1. A wireless communications device, comprising:

a plurality of card slots, inserted with at least one subscriber identity card comprising a dual mode subscriber identity card which contains two subscriber numbers;

a first wireless communications module performing wireless transceiving in compliance with at least a first wireless technology; and

a second wireless communications module configured in a master-slave relationship with the first wireless communications module, the second wireless communications module being directly coupled to the plurality of card slots and determining at least a first subscriber number and a second subscriber number from the plurality of card slots, the second wireless communications module providing the first subscriber number to the first wireless communications module, the second wireless communications module enabling the wireless transceiving of the first wireless communications module using the first subscriber number, and the second wireless communications module performing wireless transceiving in compliance with at least a second wireless technology using the second subscriber number.

2. The wireless communications device of claim 1 , wherein the second wireless communications module further determines a total number of the at least one subscriber identity card, and determines a card type for each one of the at least one subscriber identity card.

3. The wireless communications device of claim 2 , wherein the wireless transceiving of the first wireless communications module and the second wireless communications module is enabled and performed, respectively, according to the total number and the card type of the at least one subscriber identity card.

4. The wireless communications device of claim 1 , wherein the first wireless communications module and the second wireless communications module operate in a standby mode in response to the determining of the first subscriber number and the second subscriber number.

5. The wireless communications device of claim 1 , wherein the second wireless communications module further determines whether a predetermined communication mode is applicable, and the wireless transceiving of the first wireless communications module and the second wireless communications module is enabled and performed, respectively, according to the predetermined communication mode.

6. The wireless communications device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one subscriber identity card further comprises

one or more single-mode subscriber identity cards.

7. The wireless communications device of claim 1 , wherein the first wireless technology and the second wireless technology comprise any combination of the following:

a Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) technology;

a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) technology;

an Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution (EDGE) technology;

a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA) technology;

a High Speed xlink Packet Access (HSxPA) technology;

a Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology;

an LTE-Advanced technology;

a Time Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (TD-SCDMA) technology;

a TD-LTE technology;

a TD-LTE-Advanced technology;

an Interim Standard 95 (IS-95) technology;

a Code Division Multiple Access 2000 (CDMA2000) 1x technology;

a CDMA2000 1x Evolution-Data Optimized or Evolution-Data (CDMA2000 1x EV-DO) technology; and

a Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) technology.

8. The wireless communications device of claim 1 , wherein the two subscriber numbers contained in the dual mode subscriber identity card are the first subscriber identity number for the first wireless technology and the second subscriber identity number for the second wireless technology.

9. The wireless communications device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one subscriber identity card further comprises one single mode subscriber identity card which contains one of the first subscriber identity number for the first wireless technology and the second subscriber identity number for the second wireless technology, and one of the two subscriber numbers contained in the dual mode subscriber identity card is another one of the first subscriber identity number for the first wireless technology and the second subscriber identity number for the second wireless technology.

10. A method for coordinating operations of multiple wireless communications modules in a wireless communications device with multiple subscriber numbers, comprising:

providing a first wireless communications module and a second wireless communications module in a master-slave configuration, with the second wireless communications module being configured as the master, in compliance with at least a first wireless technology and at least a second wireless technology, respectively;

detecting, by the second wireless communications module, at least one subscriber identity card inserted into a plurality of card slots directly coupled to the second wireless communications module, wherein the at least one subscriber identity card comprises a dual mode subscriber identity card which contains two subscriber numbers;

determining, by the second wireless communications module, at least a first subscriber number and a second subscriber number from the plurality of card slots;

providing, by the second wireless communications module, the first subscriber number to the first wireless communications module;

enabling, by the second wireless communications module, the first wireless communications module for wireless transceiving using the first subscriber number, and performing, by the second wireless communications module, wireless transceiving using the second subscriber number, respectively.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising determining a total number of the at least one subscriber identity card, and determining a card type for each one of the at least one subscriber identity card.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the wireless transceiving of the first wireless communications module and the second wireless communications module is enabled according to the total number and the card type of the at least one subscriber identity card.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first wireless communications module and the second wireless communications module operate in a standby mode after being enabled.

14. The method of claim 10 , further comprising determining whether a predetermined communication mode is applicable, wherein the wireless transceiving of the first wireless communications module and the second wireless communications module is enabled according to the predetermined communication mode.

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the at least one subscriber identity card further comprises

one or more single-mode subscriber identity cards.

16. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first wireless technology and the second wireless technology comprise any combination of the following:

a Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) technology;

a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) technology;

an Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution (EDGE) technology;

a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA) technology;

a High Speed xlink Packet Access (HSxPA) technology;

a Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology;

an LTE-Advanced technology;

a Time Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (TD-SCDMA) technology;

a TD-LTE technology;

a TD-LTE-Advanced technology;

an Interim Standard 95 (IS-95) technology;

a Code Division Multiple Access 2000 (CDMA2000) 1x technology;

a CDMA2000 1x Evolution-Data Optimized or Evolution-Data (CDMA2000 1x EV-DO) technology; and

a Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) technology.

17. The method of claim 10 , wherein the two subscriber numbers contained in the dual mode subscriber identity card are the first subscriber identity number for the first wireless technology and the second subscriber identity number for the second wireless technology.

18. The method of claim 10 , wherein the at least one subscriber identity card further comprises one single mode subscriber identity card which contains one of the first subscriber identity number for the first wireless technology and the second subscriber identity number for the second wireless technology, and one of the two subscriber numbers contained in the dual mode subscriber identity card is another one of the first subscriber identity number for the first wireless technology and the second subscriber identity number for the second wireless technology.