Network Comprising a Privately Owned Base Station Coupled with a Publicly Available Network Element

It is described a telecommunication network (100). The telecommunication network (100) comprises a base station (110), which is privately owned and which is adapted to provide a restricted access service to a limited number of communication devices (113a, 113b, 113c), which are assigned to a picocell (111) of the telecommunication network (100). The telecommunication network (100) further comprises a network element (130), which is publicly available and which is adapted to provide unrestricted access service to communication devices (133a, 133b, 133c, 133d), which are assigned to a wide area cellular network. The base station (110) is coupled with the network element (130) via a radio transmission link (121). It is further described a method for operating a telecommunication network(100) of the above described type.; Furthermore, it is described a base station (110) and a network element (130), which in connection with each other represent the described telecommunication network (100) and/or are adapted to carry out the described method for operating the telecommunication network (100).