An interface for facilitating facsimile transmission via a wireless
communications device operatively connected to a wireless communications
network, including: a modem suitable for being communicatively coupled to
a facsimile machine; a controller coupled to the modem; and, a memory
operatively coupled to the controller. The interface includes code to
cause the modem to transmit a retrain request to the facsimile machine
upon expiration of a given temporal period. The interface includes a
circuit for selectively generating a ring signal corresponding to a plain
old telephone service ring signal. The interface includes a circuit for
selectively generating a hold signal corresponding to a plain old
telephone service hold signal. And, the circuit includes code to cause
the modem to transmit data indicative of white lines to the facsimile
machine upon expiration of a given temporal period.