A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS

摘要

An apparatus, method and system for enabling a portable electronic device (PED) (6), designed to operate on a cellular communications network, to operate on a Wi-Fi communications network, the PED (6) having: a transceiver for receiving and transmitting signals over the cellular communications network; and an auxiliary communications port, the apparatus including: an RF shield for preventing signals transmitted by the transceiver of the PED (6) from propagating into a surrounding environment; and a network interface (9) operatively connectable to the auxiliary communications port of the PED (6) and to the Wi-Fi communications network to enable the PED (6) to receive and transmit signals over the Wi-Fi communications network via the auxiliary communications port.