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. 20. The system according to claim 18 wherein said private base station includes a speaker through which voice mail is played.