Intercom system and station

An intercom system for two-way communication between intercom stations, the system comprising:

• a first intercom station comprising one or processor means and having means for receiving and viewing a multimedia message and means for two-way voice communication,
• a second intercom station comprising one or processor means, camera means and means for two-way voice communication with the first intercom station,
• characterized in that the second intercom station further comprises storage means, including a static random-access memory (SRAM) and a synchronous dynamic random-access memory (SDRAM), wherein, when activated, the second intercom station is operable to activate the camera means to take a picture and to send the picture taken to the first intercom station in a multimedia message and automatically and substantially simultaneously attempt to connect via a voice call to the first intercom station, and
• the first intercom station is operable to display the picture and substantially simultaneously receive the voice call connection attempt form the second intercom station when the multimedia message is received, and
• wherein the first intercom station comprises means to reject or accept the voice call, wherein if the voice call is accepted then two-way voice communication between the first and second station is enabled, and if the voice call is rejected then two-way voice communication between the first and second station is not enabled.