A method and apparatus is provided to simultaneously perform a TV
reception function and a calling function in a multimode mobile phone
supporting two or more communication services. The apparatus comprises a
first RF switch separating a received signal into N communication
services; M diplexers associated with the communication services, for
separating a signal received from the first RF switch into a call signal
and a TV signal; a second RF switch for applying the TV signal received
from the diplexers to a TV tuner; and a controller for controlling an
overall operation of the multimode mobile phone and controlling the first
RF switch and the second RF switch according to the received signal.