Patent ID: 7398085

Claim:
Telecommunications and telephony network (AT) for controlling (TC) peripheral devices at a customer premises, comprising at least one local area network, at least one local residents' network (RLC), at least one regional network, at least one national network and a central network, said telecommunications and telephony network (AT) being provided for delivering signals and data between a plurality of local accesses (AL, AL 1 ), including local users (UL), and a plurality of network accesses (AG), through local exchanges (CL, CR), each of said local exchanges (CL, CR) including a multi-protocol gateway device (GV) for video and audio signals and data compression and conversion into IP packets bearing IP telephony data flow or data flow from the Internet and a local routing device (R) for routing said IP telephony data flow or data flow from the Internet, wherein said local users (UL) of each local access (AL, AL 1 ) are connected to local centralizing devices (MD) through first linking means (CO) for flowing data and signals, and said local centralizing devices (MD) are in turn connected to said local exchanges (CL, CR) through second linking means (C 1 , C 4 ) for flowing data and signals, while said local exchanges (CL, CR) are connected to said networks accesses (AG) through third linking means (C 2 , C 41 ) for flowing data and signals, characterized in that at least said second (C 1 , C 4 ) and said third linking means (C 2 , (C 41 ) are constituted by bidirectional satellite radio bridges (RLD, ST), wherein each bi-directional satellite radio bridge comprises a receiving/transmitting device provided at each one of the local access (AL, AL 1 ), said network further characterized in that the first linking means (CO) are constituted by physical cables, including telephone twisted pairs or optical fibers.