SERVICE PROVISIONING NETWORK ELEMENT, RELATED USER TERMINAL AND RELATED SOFTWARE MODULES

The service provisioning network element, provides a service in a communications network to a user, either via an associated user terminal or via an additional network element of the communications network. The service is realised by means of a plurality of software components and the service provisioning network element is able to receive a request for sending at lea st one software component of the plurality of software components to the user and t o subsequently fetch this at least one software component from a component storage means wherein this plurality of software components is stored. These fetched software components are sent to the associated user terminal or to t he additional network element. The user terminal that invokes the service from the service provisionin g network element in the communications network is able to detect if a softwar e component is missing at the user terminal and then requests the service provisioning network element to send this software component. Subsequently t he software component are received and installed at the user terminal. Additionally, the service provisioning network element may also be able to detect if a software component is missing at the associated user terminal or at the additional network element.