A method and system configures proximity indication in a wireless device as part of a network handover procedure to handover the wireless device from a first radio access network (RAN) using a radio access technology (RAT) to a second RAN using a different RAT. The first RAN may use third generation (3G) wireless technology to initiate a process to hand over a wireless device to the second RAN, which utilizes long term evolution (LTE) technology. As part of the handover process, the second RAN generates a handover command message that additionally includes proximity indication configuration information to enable the wireless device to configure proximity indication reporting. The handover command message is sent through the first RAN to the wireless device, where the handover command message is utilized to configure proximity indication reporting and to perform the handover from the first RAN to the second RAN.