Method for improved handling of an Internet protocol, IP, Multimedia Subsystem, IMS, conversational service of a user equipment being connected to a telecommunications network comprising or being associated to an IMS network , wherein the user equipment applies a request timer information , related to a request timeout time interval , when attempting to initiate the IMS conversational service, wherein the request timeout time interval is started upon the initiation of the IMS conversational service, wherein the method comprises the following steps: -- in a first step, the user equipment attempts to Session Initiation Protocol, SIP, register towards the telecommunications network or the IMS network , -- in a second step, subsequent to the first step, the user equipment attempts to initiate the IMS conversational service, and the request timer information , related to the request timeout time interval to be applied by the user equipment for the IMS conversational service, is transmitted, by the telecommunications network , to the user equipment either during the first step and/or during the second step, wherein the IMS conversational service is attempted to be initiated while the request timeout time interval has not expired, the method characterised in that : the request timeout time interval related to the request timer information is dependent on at least one out of the following: -- the kind of radio service requested by the user equipment , -- the kind of IMS conversational service. conversational service of a user equipment being connected to a telecommunications network comprising or being associated to an IMS network , wherein the user equipment applies a request timer information , related to a request timeout time interval , when attempting to initiate the IMS conversational service, wherein the request timeout time interval is started upon the initiation of the IMS conversational service, wherein the method comprises the following steps: -- in a first step, the user equipment attempts to Session Initiation Protocol, SIP, register towards the telecommunications network or the IMS network , -- in a second step, subsequent to the first step, the user equipment attempts to initiate the IMS conversational service, and the request timer information , related to the request timeout time interval to be applied by the user equipment for the IMS conversational service, is transmitted, by the telecommunications network , to the user equipment either during the first step and/or during the second step, wherein the IMS conversational service is attempted to be initiated while the request timeout time interval has not expired, -- in a first step, the user equipment attempts to Session Initiation Protocol, SIP, register towards the telecommunications network or the IMS network , -- in a second step, subsequent to the first step, the user equipment attempts to initiate the IMS conversational service, and the request timer information , related to the request timeout time interval to be applied by the user equipment for the IMS conversational service, is transmitted, by the telecommunications network , to the user equipment either during the first step and/or during the second step, wherein the IMS conversational service is attempted to be initiated while the request timeout time interval has not expired, the request timeout time interval related to the request timer information is dependent on at least one out of the following: -- the kind of radio service requested by the user equipment , -- the kind of IMS conversational service. -- the kind of radio service requested by the user equipment , -- the kind of IMS conversational service. <EOS>