The present invention provides a method for receiving an incoming call at a first mobile communication terminal including registering an identity of at least one second mobile communication terminal capable of performing local wireless communication with a first mobile communication terminal; checking, after receiving the incoming call at the first mobile communication terminal, whether a user's input is received by the first mobile communication terminal to accept the incoming call during a first time duration; and transmitting, if the user input is not received by the first mobile communication terminal, absence information to the second mobile communication terminal notifying the second mobile communication terminal of reception of the incoming call at the first mobile communication terminal using local wireless communication.The method also enables a second user to receive an incoming call through the first or second mobile communication terminals instead of the first user during the first user's absence, thereby minimizing the inconvenience to the first user of missing important calls made to the first mobile communication terminal.