Communications Management

1. A communications manager for managing communications between a telecommunications network core and a terminal registered with the network core, the communications manager including: a collecting component that collects data from a plurality of sources, wherein the data are generated by at least one of: a change event, a request message or a control message occurring in relation to an application with which a user of the terminal has made an association; a delivery component that prioritizes and schedules delivery of the data to the terminal; and a selecting component that selects a communication method to provide the data to the terminal in accordance with the priority of the data.

2. The communications manager of claim 1 , wherein the data are prioritised according to at least one of an origin of the data or a type of the data.

3. The communications manager of claim 1 , wherein the selecting component selects one of a plurality of bearers to deliver the data to the terminal.

4. The communications manager of claim 3 , wherein the bearers include at least one of: SMS or an activated packet data connection.

5. The communications manager of claim 1 , wherein the delivery component is operable to adjust the prioritising and scheduling of delivery of the data in dependence upon the network communication conditions.

6. The communications manager of claim 5 , wherein the network communication conditions include the level of available network capacity.

7. The communications manager of claim 1 , wherein the delivery component is operable to adjust the prioritising and scheduling of delivery of the data in dependence upon the type of subscription between the user of the terminal and the network.

8. The communications manager of claim 7 , wherein the type of subscription includes at least one of a type of tariff of the user of the terminal or whether the user of the terminal is roaming in the network.

9. The communications manager of claim 1 , further comprising: a storing component that stores details of contacts used by the user of the terminal, which details of contacts are also stored on the terminal, wherein the data includes updates to the contacts from third parties, and wherein the delivery component and the selecting component are operable to synchronise the details of the contacts on the terminal with the details of the contacts on the network.

10. The communications manager of claim 1 , wherein the terminal is a mobile terminal that communicates with the network core via a radio access network.

11. The communications manager of claim 1 , wherein the network core is the network core of at least one of: a GSM, a UMTS or a SAE/LTE network.

12. A method of managing communications between a telecommunications network core and a terminal registered with the network, the method comprising: collecting data from a plurality of sources, wherein the data are generated by at least one of: a change event, a request message or a control message occurring in relation to an application with which a user of the terminal has made an association; prioritising and scheduling delivery of the data to the terminal; and selecting a communication method to provide the data to the terminal in accordance with the priority of the data.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein prioritizing and scheduling of delivery of the data depends upon a type of subscription between the user of the terminal and the network.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the type of subscription includes at least one of: a type of tariff of the user of the terminal or whether the user of the terminal is roaming in the network.

15. Computer software, provided in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, that manages communications between a telecommunications network core and a terminal registered with the network core, the software comprising: executable code that collects-data from a plurality of sources, wherein the data are generated by at least one of: a change event, a request message or a control message occurring in relation to an application with which a user of the terminal has made an association; executable code that prioritizes and schedules delivery of the data from the terminal to the telecommunications network core; and executable code that selects a communication method to provide the data to the telecommunications network core in accordance with the priority of the data.

16. The computer software of claim 15 , wherein the data are prioritized according to at least one of: an origin of the data or a type of the data.

17. The computer software of claim 15 , wherein prioritizing and scheduling of delivery of the data depends upon a type of subscription between the user of the terminal and the network.

18. The computer software of claim 17 , wherein the type of subscription includes at least one of: a type of tariff of the user of the terminal or whether the user of the terminal is roaming in the network.

19. The computer software of claim 15 , wherein the terminal is a mobile terminal that communicates with the network core via a radio access network.

20. The computer software of claim 15 , wherein the network core is the network core of at least one of: a GSM, a UMTS or a SAE/LTE network.