Radio communication terminal and communication method

A radio communication terminal having a communication application installed therein and being capable of executing direct communication with another radio communication terminal without involving a radio access network, the radio communication terminal comprising:

• a terminal finding unit configured to find a candidate terminal capable of executing direct communication with the radio communication terminal;
• a phonebook processing unit configured to obtain second phonebook data containing an identifier of the candidate terminal found by the terminal finding unit, based on first phonebook data containing an identifier of the other radio communication terminal and being associated with the radio communication terminal;
• and
• a direct communication execution unit configured to execute direct communication with a counterpart terminal indicated in a communication request from the communication application, when the counterpart terminal is contained in the second phonebook data as the candidate terminal, wherein
• the direct communication execution unit receives permission information on the direct communication via the radio access network, and executes the direct communication with the counterpart terminal upon receipt of the permission information.