The present invention relates to a method for transmitting system information from a base station to a user equipment, the user equipment being a limited-bandwidth device, camping on the base station, wherein the system information are divided in a plurality of system information blocks, which are at least once transmitted during one broadcast channel modification period, the method comprising the step of—transmitting a first system information block the first system information block comprising at least—a broadcast channel change notification tag, and—a barring indication flag for limited-bandwidth devices, and wherein each other of the plurality of system information blocks is larger in size than the first system information block.