An apparatus comprising: a first antenna system to provide a first sector of a telecommunications network; a second antenna system to provide a second sector of the telecommunications network; a third antenna system to communicate with a base station of the telecommunications network to provide a first wireless backhaul path for said first sector and said second sector; a fourth antenna system to provide a wireless communication link to facilitate coupling of the apparatus into a mesh network of devices, the mesh network having at least one point of access into the telecommunications network such that the mesh network supports provision of at least one further wireless backhaul path for said first sector and said second sector; and backhaul management circuitry operable, in at least one mode of operation, to control utilisation of the third antenna system and the fourth antenna system to provide backhaul connectivity to the telecommunications network for at least items of user equipment connected to the apparatus via the first and second antenna systems; wherein the backhaul management circuitry comprises backhaul options analysis circuitry configured to perform a backhaul determination process to evaluate, for both said first wireless backhaul path and one or more routes through the mesh network to support said at least one further wireless backhaul path, at least one metric indicative of link quality, and wherein the backhaul management circuitry is configured, when said at least one metric satisfies at least one condition, to use a combination of the first wireless backhaul path and the at least one further wireless backhaul path to provide the backhaul connectivity to the telecommunications network. a first antenna system to provide a first sector of a telecommunications network; a second antenna system to provide a second sector of the telecommunications network; a third antenna system to communicate with a base station of the telecommunications network to provide a first wireless backhaul path for said first sector and said second sector; a fourth antenna system to provide a wireless communication link to facilitate coupling of the apparatus into a mesh network of devices, the mesh network having at least one point of access into the telecommunications network such that the mesh network supports provision of at least one further wireless backhaul path for said first sector and said second sector; and backhaul management circuitry operable, in at least one mode of operation, to control utilisation of the third antenna system and the fourth antenna system to provide backhaul connectivity to the telecommunications network for at least items of user equipment connected to the apparatus via the first and second antenna systems; wherein the backhaul management circuitry comprises backhaul options analysis circuitry configured to perform a backhaul determination process to evaluate, for both said first wireless backhaul path and one or more routes through the mesh network to support said at least one further wireless backhaul path, at least one metric indicative of link quality, and wherein the backhaul management circuitry is configured, when said at least one metric satisfies at least one condition, to use a combination of the first wireless backhaul path and the at least one further wireless backhaul path to provide the backhaul connectivity to the telecommunications network. <EOS>