A private wireless network is able to provide wireless telecommunication
services to subscriber mobile stations that also subscribe to a public
wireless network. The private wireless network includes a private base
transceiver station (BTS), a private mobile switching center (MSC), and a
gateway service control point (SCP). The private BTS provides a private
network wireless coverage area within which the mobile station can
communicate with the base transceiver station over an air interface. The
gateway SCP has a private network database containing private network
data records for subscribing mobile stations. A private network data
record includes a private network service profile and a private network
locator address. The public wireless network has a home location register
(HLR) with a public network database containing public network data
records for subscribing mobile stations. A public network data record
includes a public network service profile and a public network locator
address. When a subscriber mobile station is active on the private
wireless network, the private network locator address identifies the
private MSC, and the public network locator address identifies the
gateway SCP. By providing the private network wireless coverage area so
that it overlaps the public network's wireless coverage area, the
subscriber mobile station may be handed off between the private and
public wireless networks.