Abstract: A wireless communication (120) device for placing calls within a wireless communication system (100) on a plurality of channels is provided. The wireless communication unit (120) includes a transceiver (204) for transmitting and receiving radio frequency (RF) signals on the plurality of channels, a signal detector (220), a network scanner (222) and a controller (206). The signal detector (220) detects whether a call on one of the plurality of channels has been dropped (304). The network scanner (222) controls which of the plurality of channels the transceiver receives signals on and which of the plurality of channels the transceiver transmits signals on. The controller (206) automatically increases a scan rate (308) of the network scanner (222) in response to the signal detector (220) determining that the call has been dropped (304).

Abstract: A communication system (100) includes a radio transmitter (116) and a SCR (selective call receiver) (122). The radio transmitter includes a transmitting device (404), and a controller (408) adapted to receive a message from a source, select at least one address identifying the SCR and identifying a language origin of the message, and cause the transmitting device to transmit the at least one address and the message to the SCR. The SCR includes a receiving device (504), a presentation device (518), and a processor (508) adapted to cause the receiving device to receive the at least one address and the message transmitted by the radio transmitter, determine the language origin of the message based on the at least one address, process the message into presentable data corresponding to the language origin, and cause the presentation device to present the message according to the presentable data.