An apparatus and corresponding method for managing busy lamp field
(hereinafter, referred to as BLF) information in an inter-networking
system are provided which are capable of collecting and managing BLF
information of every PBX in a BLF information repeater added to the
inter-networking system. The BLF information repeater reduces the load of
the inter-networking system by transmitting the BLF information to a PBX
that requests the BLF information.