Abstract: The invention relates to a communication system comprising a first network, a second network, first stations coupled to the first network and second stations coupled to the second network, with the first network and the second network being mutually coupled. The system comprises queuing means for recognizing calls for a group of second stations and for placing said calls in a queue, and control means for assigning to calls in a queue a connection to a second station. In accordance with the invention in such a communication system the queuing means are coupled to the first network, so that the queuing means are not formed in the second network. The first and the second network can be national telephone networks of different countries.