The invention relates to a wireless communication device comprising an electrically operated radio module for wireless communication by receiving and/or transmitting communication signals in a transmitting and/or receiving mode; an electrically operated processor unit for controlling wireless communication via the radio module; a motion sensor for detecting movements and/or accelerations of the communication device, wherein the motion sensor outputs at least one detection signal to the processor unit in the event of the occurrence of movements and/or accelerations of a predetermined magnitude, wherein the processor unit is coupled to the motion sensor and the radio module in such a manner that it occasionally puts the radio module into the transmitting and/or receiving mode when outputting the at least one detection signal of the motion sensor.