Patent ID: 7218913

Claim:
Telecommunication equipment for setting up local telephone connections between at least one mobile telephone, belonging to only a private network, and a public network, the equipment comprising: a downstream radio access system for setting up a downstream link to a base transceiver station of a public mobile telephone network, and an upstream radio access system for setting up an upstream link to a mobile telephone of the private network, wherein: the upstream system and the downstream system apply the same mobile telephone standard, which is that of the public mobile telephone network, the equipment further comprising a service signal converter module between the upstream system and the downstream system adapted to: repeat signals received from the upstream and downstream systems, and adapt the received signals to suit the characteristics of the downstream and the upstream link, respectively, and extract from the signaling information specific to the mobile telephones belonging to the private network and used to manage calls between the terminals of the private network and store that information in a local database, the downstream system or the converter module further comprising a plurality of modules for identifying public mobile telephone network users, and the converter module further comprising means for choosing one or more modules for identifying public mobile telephone network users in accordance with a criterion related to a contract of the user.