In a mobile wireless telecommunications system, which includes base
stations (30) of a first type operating over a first air interface, and
base stations (32) of a second type operating over a second air
interface, a method for reselection by a mobile station (40) camped on a
cell associated with a first base station (30), which is of the first
type, of a second base station (32), which is of the second type. The
method includes receiving signals over the second air interface from the
second base station (32) and evaluating a characteristic of the signals.
Responsive to the characteristic, the second base station (32) is
selected in place of the first base station (30), and the mobile station
(40) camps on a cell associated with the second base station (32).