Patent ID: 7509143

Claim:
A telecommunications card for establishing wireless communication between a host device and a telecommunication network, the telecommunications card comprising a cavity, and an antenna structure which is movably mounted in said cavity between a first position in which the antenna structure is substantially located within the cavity and a second position in which the antenna structure is extended from the cavity, and moving means for moving the antenna structure from the first position to the second position, wherein the antenna structure comprises a slide portion by means of which the antenna structure is movably mounted in said cavity, an antenna portion which is movably connected to said slide portion and contains a radiating structure for establishing said wireless communication, and erecting means for automatically erecting the antenna portion with respect to the slide portion to a third position in which the antenna portion forms an angle of between 30 and 90° with respect to an imaginary plane between the first and second positions, the third position of the antenna portion being the optimum angle for establishing and maintaining said wireless communication, wherein the telecommunications card further comprises a connector for connecting the telecommunications card to an external antenna, and wherein the telecommunications card is provided with switching means for selecting between wireless communication using the internal antenna of the card and wireless communication using the external antenna connected to the connector, wherein the switching means is incorporated in the connector.