Communication system with broadband and telephone network interfaces

摘要

In a communication system a communication device (2) is present for receiving a wideband broadcast signal from a headend. For providing a return channel to enable interactive TV services, the communication device (2) is connected to a telephone network. In order to be able to also provide a voice mail services storage unit (50) is present in the communication device (2) for storing voice messages received from the telephone network, a retrieval unit for retrieving the stored voice messages from the storage unit (50) and a supply unit for supplying the retrieved voice messages to an audio output of the communication device for playback. In an embodiment of the invention, the communication device (2) is integrated in a TV set (3).