25. A system for delivering a voice mail notification to a subscriber of a voice mail system to indicate that a voice mail message is waiting in a subscriber mailbox comprising a voice mail system having a plurality of different subscriber mailboxes in which voice mail messages are stored, and including means for generating a respective voice mail notification for each stored voice mail message, the voice mail notification having a calling number of the calling party that left the voice mail message in the voice mail system, a name of the calling party, if known, and an index of the voice mail messages waiting in the subscriber mailbox, and a cellular phone network in communication with the voice mail system for receiving generated voice mail notifications from the voice mail system and forwarding the voice mail notifications to a respective subscriber mail box of a private base station used by a respective subscriber without subscriber intervention.
25. A system for delivering a voice mail notification to a subscriber of a voice mail system to indicate that a voice mail message is waiting in a subscriber mailbox comprising a voice mail system having a plurality of different subscriber mailboxes in which voice mail messages are stored, and including means for generating a respective voice mail notification for each stored voice mail message, the voice mail notification having a calling number of the calling party that left the voice mail message in the voice mail system, a name of the calling party, if known, and an index of the voice mail messages waiting in the subscriber mailbox, and a cellular phone network in communication with the voice mail system for receiving generated voice mail notifications from the voice mail system and forwarding the voice mail notifications to a respective subscriber mail box of a private base station used by a respective subscriber without subscriber intervention. 29. The system according to claim 25 including means for scrolling through different voice mail notifications stored within the private base station and means for highlighting a desired voice mail notification for later retrieval.