A wearable wireless telecommunications system for providing wireless telecommunications capabilities to a wearer. The wearable wireless telecommunications system includes an interface device, a microphone, and a speaker, each of which may be integrated with a garment having e-textiles. The interface device includes a long-range wireless telecommunications component for communicating with a wireless telecommunications network. In addition, the interface device includes e-textile interfaces for interfacing with the e-textiles in the garment. At least one of the microphone and speaker are communicatively coupled with the interface device via the e-textiles in the garment.