Apparatus and method for identifying a SIM card owner

A communications terminal that utilizes a SIM card is configured to allow a user to easily identify the owner of a SIM card. In one embodiment of the invention, owner identification data is stored on the SIM card, and when power is first applied to the communications terminal, the owner identification data is read from the SIM card and played by the communications terminal. In some embodiments, this could include reading an image of the owner from the SIM card and displaying the image on a display screen of the communications terminal. In other embodiments, this could include reading audio data from the SIM card and playing the audio data over a speaker of the communications terminal. In yet other embodiments of the invention, owner identifying data can be attached to a SIM card, and the SIM card is then inserted into a receiving slot of a communications terminal. The communications terminal would be designed to include a transparent window adjacent the SIM card receiving slot such that the owner identifying data on the SIM card can be viewed through the transparent window. In still other embodiments of the invention, a SIM card holder is attached to a SIM card, and the holder includes a transparent window. The SIM card holder is designed such that indicia on the SIM card, or a label applied to the SIM card, is viewable through the transparent window.