ENABLING A SOFTWARE APPLICATION TO BE EXECUTED ON A MOBILE STATION

A method for enabling a software application (12) to be executed on a mobile station (1) in dependence of a subscriber identity module (10), the method comprising: inputting challenge data originating from the software application (12) to the subscriber identity module (10), wherein the challenge data is preconfigured in the software application (12); generating first response data in the subscriber identity module (10), wherein the subscriber identity module (10) is configured to perform a first security function (101) and wherein the first response data is generated using the first security function (101) using (a) data which is associated with the subscriber identity module and (b) the challenge data; verifying if the first response data corresponds with a preconfigured response data in the software application (12) to obtain a verification result; and enabling the software application (12) to be further executed in dependence of the verification result.