a method and apparatus of call forwarding is presented whereby a wireless phone and one or more landline phones are equipped and programmed to perform call forwarding activation and de - activation automatically , without user intervention , based on geographic proximity relationships between the phones . when the wireless phone is not in near - proximity to any of the landline phones , calls to the landline phones are forwarded to the wireless phone . when the wireless phone comes in near - proximity to one of the landline phones , all calls to the wireless phone — including calls forwarded from other phones — are forwarded to the nearby landline phone . when the wireless phone subsequently leaves the nearby landline phone , all calls are sent to the wireless phone again . advantageously , this arrangement overcomes numerous problems associated with manual activation and de - activation of call forwarding . in addition , the arrangement is entirely handset - based and requires no changes to network infrastructure , software , or established call forwarding procedures .