Abstract: A lanyard support for a portable telecommunications device (1) comprises an integrated headset and device suspension system with neck lanyard (5) havings a microphone (8), an earbud speakerphone (7) and a tensionable attachment member (10) securable to a lanyard bail (3) on the device (1). The portable telecommunications device (1) is located in a pouch (2) with extension cords (16,17) extending between the lower part of the pouch and a respective side of the neck lanyard. The portable telecommunications device (1) is suspended from the neck of a wearer to permit handsfree operation while an antenna (9) of the device (1) is inclined outwardly away form an upright axis of a wearer's torso to improve antenna sensitivity.

Abstract: A foldable communication device (10) with a housing having two portions (11,12) pivotably mounted to each other to allow relative movement therebetween. This relative movement is about an axis (13) and enabled by mounting portion (11) to two mounts (14,15) of portion (12). Device (10) has a transceiver (17) housed in the housing, an alert transducer (18) associated with transceiver (17) to provide an audible alert at a predetermined volume when a communication call for device (10) is received by transceiver (17) and a controller (19) coupled to transducer (18). In response to the relative movement of portions (11,12), controller (19) reduces the volume of the audible alert without the communication call being answered.