18. 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 subscriber mailbox in which voice mail messages are stored, and including means for generating a 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 the generated voice mail notification from the voice mail system and forwarding the voice mail notification to a private base station used by the subscriber without subscriber intervention.
18. 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 subscriber mailbox in which voice mail messages are stored, and including means for generating a 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 the generated voice mail notification from the voice mail system and forwarding the voice mail notification to a private base station used by the subscriber without subscriber intervention. 23. The system according to claim 18 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 retrieval.