To transfer simultaneously the file information received by a facsimile equipment with a standard communication procedure.

An identifier denoting simultaneous transfer corresponding to a transfer destination is stored in a system memory 5, file information is received from a communication channel, the received file information is stored in an image information memory 6, a system control section 4 extracts a file name from the file information and discriminates whether or not the identifier denotes simultaneous transfer. When the discrimination indicates that the identifier which denotes simultaneous transfer is in existence, the corresponding transfer destination is retrieved from the transfer destination stored based on the identifier, and file information stored in the image information memory 6 is transferred to the retrieved transfer destination at the same time.