An infrastructure equipment for forming part of a mobile communications network, the infrastructure equipment comprising: a transmitter unit configured to transmit signals to communications devices (1402, 1403) via a wireless access interface, a receiver unit configured to receive signals transmitted from communications devices via the wireless access interface, and a controller configured to control the transmitter unit and the receiver unit to form the wireless access interface providing a plurality of communications resource elements across a host frequency bandwidth, and providing a first section of the communications resources within a first frequency range for preferable allocation to reduced capability devices forming a first virtual carrier (404.1) and a second section of the communications resources within a second frequency range for preferable allocation to the reduced capability devices forming a second virtual carrier (404.2), each of the first frequency range and the second frequency range being within the host frequency range, wherein the wireless access interface includes a plurality of time divided sub-frames, and at least one of the sub-frames includes a control channel in a part of the sub-frame, and the controller is configured in combination with the transmitter unit to transmit first signalling data to reduced capability devices, the reduced capability devices having a capability to receive the signals only within a frequency bandwidth which is less than the host frequency range and equal to at least one of the first frequency range and the second frequency range, and the first signalling data identifies a location of one or more of the communications resources from which the reduced capability devices can receive common system information, the common system information providing information which is common to the reduced capability devices receiving signals from the first virtual carrier and the second virtual carrier and is valid for use by the reduced capability devices beyond the sub-frame, and to transmit second signalling data to the reduced capability devices, the second signalling data identifying a location of one or more of the communications resources from which the communications device can receive specific system information, the specific system information providing information which is specific to one of the first virtual carrier or the second virtual carrier, characterised in that: the common system information is provided both in a first region of the communications resources of only the second virtual carrier during a first time period and a second region of the communications resources that are shared between the first virtual carrier and the second virtual carrier during a second time period that is different from the first time period. a transmitter unit configured to transmit signals to communications devices (1402, 1403) via a wireless access interface, a receiver unit configured to receive signals transmitted from communications devices via the wireless access interface, and a controller configured to control the transmitter unit and the receiver unit to form the wireless access interface providing a plurality of communications resource elements across a host frequency bandwidth, and providing a first section of the communications resources within a first frequency range for preferable allocation to reduced capability devices forming a first virtual carrier (404.1) and a second section of the communications resources within a second frequency range for preferable allocation to the reduced capability devices forming a second virtual carrier (404.2), each of the first frequency range and the second frequency range being within the host frequency range, wherein the wireless access interface includes a plurality of time divided sub-frames, and at least one of the sub-frames includes a control channel in a part of the sub-frame, and the controller is configured in combination with the transmitter unit to transmit first signalling data to reduced capability devices, the reduced capability devices having a capability to receive the signals only within a frequency bandwidth which is less than the host frequency range and equal to at least one of the first frequency range and the second frequency range, and the first signalling data identifies a location of one or more of the communications resources from which the reduced capability devices can receive common system information, the common system information providing information which is common to the reduced capability devices receiving signals from the first virtual carrier and the second virtual carrier and is valid for use by the reduced capability devices beyond the sub-frame, and to transmit second signalling data to the reduced capability devices, the second signalling data identifying a location of one or more of the communications resources from which the communications device can receive specific system information, the specific system information providing information which is specific to one of the first virtual carrier or the second virtual carrier, characterised in that: the common system information is provided both in a first region of the communications resources of only the second virtual carrier during a first time period and a second region of the communications resources that are shared between the first virtual carrier and the second virtual carrier during a second time period that is different from the first time period.