A method for selecting a mobile radio area includes a mobile radio communication device, which is in a state without having a signaling communication connection and a data communication connection with a mobile radio network unit in a first mobile radio area, leaving the first mobile radio area. The mobile radio communication device enters a second mobile radio area and receives in the mobile radio communication device first signals from the mobile radio network unit of the first mobile radio area and second signals from a mobile radio network unit of the second mobile radio area. Furthermore, the mobile radio communication device stores temporarily first mobile radio resource data about the first mobile radio area for a predetermined time period, wherein the first mobile radio resource data are used for receiving the first signals from the mobile radio network unit of the first mobile radio area and the mobile radio communication device storing at least partially at the same time second mobile radio resource data about the second mobile radio area, wherein the second mobile radio resource data are used for receiving the second signals from the mobile radio network unit of the second mobile radio area.