Apparatus and method for scanning a home public land mobile network in a mobile communication terminal

摘要

Provided are an apparatus and a method for scanning a Home Public Land Mobile Network (Home PLMN) in a mobile communication terminal that includes the operations of determining an operation mode of the mobile communication terminal, if a Home PLMN scanning timer expires, and setting a flag to indicate that the Home PLMN scanning timer expires, if the mobile communication terminal is determined to be in a non-idle mode. As a result, the Home PLMN can be searched as fast as possible.