At 506, all or a desired portion of applications, functionality, and/or information associated with the service network can be provided or communicated to the communication device by the service network (or mobile service network) via the mobile network device. The slice component, employing the service slice (and corresponding core slice), the mobile service network, and the secure communication channel, can provide (e.g., make available), facilitate providing, communicate, or facilitate communicating, all or a desired portion of the applications, functionality, and/or information (e.g., service-related data, software or firmware updates, . . . ) associated with the service network (e.g., for the desired service of the service network) to the communication device, via the secure communication channel, to facilitate enabling the communication device to utilize the desired service associated with the slice in a secure environment. For instance, the slice component can provide, or facilitate providing, desired VNFs and/or information from the service network (or mobile service network) to the communication device, via the secure communication channel.