The invention relates to a mobile terminal that intends to increase channel capacity and transmission quality properly within the confines of costs. The invention provides a mobile terminal including measuring section measuring a downstream transmission loss using a pilot signal transmitted from each radio base station; and selecting section comparing transmitting power of a pilot signal corresponding to the lowest measured transmission loss with transmitting power of pilot signals for each of which a difference between a corresponding measured transmission loss and a lowest measured transmission loss is smaller than a prescribed value, and selecting, as an origination destination or handover destination, a radio base station that transmits a pilot signal having a lowest transmitting power among those pilot signals, if a difference between the lowest measured transmission loss and a second lowest measured transmission loss is not larger than or equal to a prescribed value.