a communication terminal for internet telephony is provided that handles and control communication of data in accordance with a standardized network protocol and exchanges data with a connecting unit connected to the internet where the resulting data exchanged between the terminal and a connecting unit consist of packets in a standardized protocol data packet format embedded in a wireless format . this provides a communications terminal which uses a network or the internet for the transfer of digitized speech , etc ., thereby achieving great economic savings . also , the flexibility is increased with respect to wireless communication with the network or the internet without any need for specialized equipment and functionality .