According to various embodiments, an electronic device may comprise: a memory and at least one processor configured to: obtain identification information for at least one application allowed to use a carrier network and store the obtained identification information for the at least one application in the memory, identify a network connection request from a first application executed by the at least one processor, determine whether identification information for the first application corresponds to the stored identification information for the at least one application, based on the identification of the network connection request, establish a protocol data unit (PDU) session associated with the carrier network, based on the identification information for the first application corresponding to the stored identification information for the at least one application, and control the electronic device to transmit/receive data associated with the first application, using the PDU session associated with the carrier network.