For the reconfiguration of a radiotelephone unit including components
programmable in configuration modes, the invention provides a removable
electronic device having stored data defining a plurality of
configuration modes which is connected to the apparatus. A configuration
mode is selected from the apparatus in the device. The programmable
components are programmed by the device and reconfigured in accordance
with the selected configuration mode data under the control of the
device. The data of the configuration modes can be downloaded from a
server into the device through a downloader terminal.