The present invention relates to a method for providing information to a mobile terminal (2) of a communication network, wherein a central management unit (4) is connected to a database (8) containing environmental information, wherein the central management unit (4) receives an indication on the present location of the mobile terminal (1), retrieves information relating to the indicated location from the database (8) and transmits a message relating to the retrieved information to the mobile terminal (2), characterized in that the indication of the present location of the mobile terminal (1) is received at the central management unit (4) from a network unit (3) and that the information retrieved from the database (8) is compared to entries of a personal profile (7) at the central management unit (8). Furthermore a central processing unit (4) for the use in this method is described.