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Methods and apparatus for establishing a connection to a hybrid receiver (145). In one implementation, a hybrid wireless handset (145) includes; a radio interface including an antenna; a wireless telephony modem connected to said radio interface; a wireless IP modem connected to said wireless telephony modem and to said radio interface; an audio interface connected to said wireless telephony modem and to said wireless IP modem; and a user interface connected to said wireless telephony modem and to said wireless IP modem; wherein when said wireless telephony modem receives a connection notification from a first communication network (I 10), said wireless IP modem sends a connection reply to a second communication network (105).