Abstract: A cordless telephone set having various functions, such as transplantation, secrecy, repeated display and compressed display function is disclosed. A control circuit of a main unit and a control circuit of a subunit of the cordless telephone set are preprogrammed to realize a transplantation function for transplanting functions of the digital telephone set to the cordless telephone set, a secrecy function for preventing the digital telephone set from eavesdropping on communication conducted through the cordless telephone set, a repeated display function for repeatedly displaying a display message received from digital switching equipment when the subunit Y issues no answer to a call, and a compressed display function for displaying, in a compressed manner, a display message received from the digital switching equipment.