1. A method for distribution of information and data between a radio resource and a mobility management software layer of an access terminal in a satellite telecommunications system, comprising the steps of: receiving one or more broadcast channel transmissions containing system information from an existing service provider, each broadcast channel corresponding to a different spot beam; measuring parameters for each of the one or more broadcast channels by the radio resource layer; passing system information contained in the one or more broadcast channels that exceeds threshold parameters for adequate reception from the radio resource layer to the mobility management layer; receiving instructions to camp on a specific spot beam from the mobility management layer; and camping on the specific spot beam by the radio resource layer.