A method and apparatus for providing telephone call hand offs between a
local cordless service and a different wireless cellular service such as
a macro-cellular service. The local cordless service may be configured
such that a mobile telephone equipped subscriber may place or receive
calls for a fixed rate, for example, per month without having to pay
radio frequency air time charges any time they are located within their
selected subscribed-to zones. If the subscribed-to zones are adjacent to
one another and the mobile subscriber roams from one zone to another, the
subscriber may continue their free call uninterrupted and without paying
air time charges. However, when the subscriber roams outside their
subscribed-to zones they may be switched from the present local cordless
services to conventional personal communications services and pay air
time charges.