Telephone network node device

A multi-subscriber network node device for connecting one or more telephone wirelines to one or more wireless connections, each wireless connection for connecting to a wireless device, the network node device comprising:

• one or more connections to one or more telephone wirelines for receiving incoming calls, each incoming call specifying the same single called telephone number;
• one or more wireless signal generators supporting one or more direct wireless connections to one or more wireless devices;
• one or more controllable interconnections between the telephone wirelines and the wireless signal generators;
• means for dynamically associating the single called telephone number with at least two wireless devices;
• means for alerting the at least two wireless devices associated with the single called telephone number of a first incoming call from an originating device which is not one of the at least two wireless devices associated with the single called telephone number;
• means for accepting one of said wireless devices as the answerer of said first incoming call to conduct the first incoming call with said wireless device;
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• means for transmitting a second incoming call, directed to the same single called telephone number, to one of the other wireless devices associated with that telephone number whilst the first call is in progress.