摘要 |
An apparatus and a method for preventing power consumption in a multi-mode portable terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a first communicator communicating with a mobile communication network; a second communicator communicating with a heterogeneous network; and a controller controlling the second communicator to scan an Access Point (AP) (305) so as to perform a service connection to the heterogeneous network (309) if a service connection to the mobile communication network is performed (301,303) through the first communicator. |