A wireless network environment, a mobile device, an information server and a method of providing information in a wireless network environment

A wireless network environment 10 has a plurality of wireless networks 12a, 12b, 12c and a plurality of mobile devices 20a, 20b, 20c. An information server 30 provides handover messages to assist handovers from one of the wireless networks 12a to another network 12b. A first mobile device 20a is arranged to negotiate information sharing rules with the information server 30 using capability exchange messages and to provide shared information according to the information sharing rules to be received by a second mobile device 20b. The first device 20a may transmit the shared information directly to the second mobile device 20b by peer-to-peer (P2P) communication using Near Field Communication (NFC) e.g. Bluetooth, according to the information sharing rules. The shared information may be GPS location information and/or access point information derived from the handover messages. The information server 30 may be a Media Independent Information Server (MIIS) for Media Independent Handovers (MIH).