Telecommunications modules, assemblies thereof and methods of using same

A telecommunications module (10) has a housing (12) and at least one contact comprising at least one first contact element (14) located adjacent a receiving space (24) for receiving at least one outside contact (30), the contact element (14) having, in a portion bordering the receiving space (24), both a flexible zone (26) and a zone (28), which is less flexible than the flexible zone (26) and/or supported so as to exhibit a restrained deformability by force acting thereon from the side of the receiving space (24). Furthermore, an assembly of a telecommunications module and at least one outside module and a method of using a telecommunications module are disclosed.