Abstract: A method of providing services to a wireless telephone subscriber based upon the geographic location of the wireless telephone unit associated with the wireless telephone subscriber. A feature code specifies a location based service. In response to receiving the feature code, the method sends a query to a location finding service for the current location of the wireless telephone unit. The method provides the service specified by the feature code based upon a location returned from the location finding service.

Abstract: A method of and system for processing a telephone call to a wireless telephone number associated with a mobile telephone unit forwards the call to a registered wireline number if the mobile unit is located near the geographic location associated with the wireline number. In response to a call placed to a wireless telephone number, the system determines the geographic location of the mobile unit associated with the wireless telephone number. If the mobile unit is near a registered location, the system forwards the call to the registered wireline number associated with the registered location.

Abstract: Methods and apparati are disclosed for providing disciplined clock signals at a plurality of nodes located throughout a network. In the preferred embodiments, a plurality of clocks are ensembled to provide ensemble time base information. A universal clock signal such as from a global positioning satellite (GPS) or Loran receiver is also provided and the ensembled time information is disciplined to the frequency or the phase of the universal clock signal to provide syntonization or synchronization throughout the network.