摘要 |
A telecommunications system has a main telecommunications network for carrying data to be transmitted over the system by users thereof, and a remote management network for carrying signals relating to the operation of the system, the system incorporates service telephone communications means for enabling additional telephone communications to occur over said subsidiary network. The service telephone communications means is operable to cause data constituting said additional communications to be transmitted over the management network as a stream of internet protocol data packets for transmission over the management network. |