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. 27. The system according to claim 25 wherein the private base station includes a display for displaying a selected voice mail notification.