Patent ID: 8260346

Claim:
A multimode mobile terminal, comprising: a display unit; a user input unit; a wireless communication unit; and a controller operatively connected to the display unit, user input unit and wireless communication unit, the controller configured to display a list of services associated with data communication, scan for currently available networks based on a current location of the terminal; set a specific network for each of the services among a plurality of available networks in response to a user input, each network being a different network type; determine at least one active service of the services; and wirelessly communicate, via at least one specific network, each of the at least one specific network corresponds to the at least one active service, and while displaying the list of services: display a plurality of currently available networks on an indicator region of a display unit, and display a strength of a signal, which is transceived between the mobile terminal and a base station corresponding to the specific network, for each of the services among the plurality of available networks, wherein the indicator region is displayed on a predetermined region of the display unit during a standby mode.