Method for synchronizing subscriber equipments, a base station and a subscriber equipment

The invention relates to a base station, a subscriber equipment and a method for synchronizing the subscriber equipment with the broadcast from the base station in a digital cellular radio network using the CDMA multi-access method and which in each cell comprises at least one base station (BTS) communicating with the subscriber equipment (MS ) within its range, in which the network base station transmits a separate pilot channel provided with a predetermined spreading code. To simplify the synchronization of the subscriber equipment, the base station (BTS) in the method according to the invention sends a data-modulated signal on the pilot channel.