Method for transmitting system information items (S1-S7) from a base station of a cellular network to a first user equipment and a second user equipment, the base station is configured to provide a plurality of system information items (S1-S7), and the first user equipment belongs to a first type of user equipment and the second user equipment belongs to a second type of user equipment, different from the first type, upon reception of a request for system information from the first and second user equipment, the method comprising the steps of: - collecting for each request a subset of the system information items considering the type of user equipment in a set of system information messages (SI T1, SI T2) for the respective type of user equipment, and - providing each of said set of system information messages to the requesting user equipment, wherein at least one system information item is collected in the set of system information messages (SI T1) for the first type of user equipment and said at least one system information item is lacking in the set of system information messages (SI T2) for the second type of user equipment, wherein the system information items (S1-S7) are further collected in at least one system information container (SIC1, SIC2) comprising a plurality of system information items, the system information container being related to one out of a set of fixed sizes, and a system information message (SI T1, SI T2) comprising at least one system information container, and wherein for the first and the second user equipment type the system information items stored in the at least one system information container differ, said method further comprising the step of adapting the system information container (SIC1, SIC2) content according to the radio conditions at the requesting user equipment (UE1, UE2), the radio conditions being determined by the requesting user equipment. - collecting for each request a subset of the system information items considering the type of user equipment in a set of system information messages (SI T1, SI T2) for the respective type of user equipment, and - providing each of said set of system information messages to the requesting user equipment, wherein at least one system information item is collected in the set of system information messages (SI T1) for the first type of user equipment and said at least one system information item is lacking in the set of system information messages (SI T2) for the second type of user equipment, wherein the system information items (S1-S7) are further collected in at least one system information container (SIC1, SIC2) comprising a plurality of system information items, the system information container being related to one out of a set of fixed sizes, and a system information message (SI T1, SI T2) comprising at least one system information container, and wherein for the first and the second user equipment type the system information items stored in the at least one system information container differ, said method further comprising the step of adapting the system information container (SIC1, SIC2) content according to the radio conditions at the requesting user equipment (UE1, UE2), the radio conditions being determined by the requesting user equipment.