An apparatus for enabling signals directed to a first telecommunications terminal
to be forwarded intelligently to a second telecommunications terminal in the vicinity
of the first terminal is disclosed. In particular, the illustrative embodiment
automatically forwards signals from a first terminal to the closest terminal in
the network that the first terminal is authorized to forward to. The closest authorized
terminal is determined via short-range wireless communication between the first
terminal and other terminals in the first terminal's vicinity. In the illustrative
embodiment, the terminals communicate with each other via Bluetooth transceivers.
