Abstract: A cordless telephone can include a base unit including a cordless telephone circuit, a power source circuit and a resistor connected between a pair of power output terminals of the power source circuit, and a handset unit including a cordless telephone circuit, a secondary battery, a circuit connected between a charging terminal which receives power supply output from the power source circuit and a terminal of the secondary battery and consisting of a diode and a resistor connected in parallel to each other and a power break detection circuit. The secondary battery is usually charged by power supply from the power source circuit via the charging terminal and diode when the handset unit is placed in a cradle of the base unit, and electric power is supplied from the secondary battery to the cordless telephone circuit in the handset unit to operate in intermittent reception mode.