A mobile telecommunications device having a wireless transmitter unit that can
be set to a transmit-disabled mode in which all wireless transmission is disabled.
The mobile telecommunications device includes accepting means for accepting call
request operations from a user and releasing means for, when the transmit-disabled
mode is set, responding to acceptance of a call request operation by releasing
the tr ansmit-disabled mode and causing the wireless transmitter unit to conduct
wireless transmission based on the accepted call request operation.