A system and method for providing notification of a reception limitation status of a receiving mobile telephone. The system and method employ the operations of electing a reception limitation reason after setting up reception limitation mode of operation for the receiving mobile terminal, converting the mobile terminal from a current mode of operation to a reception limitation mode of operation, determining whether the reception limitation has been set up for the receiving mobile terminal when a voice call is generated, providing bits corresponding to the reception limitation reason of the receiving mobile terminal based on an order qualification code (ORDQ) field of a release order, transmitting the bits corresponding to the reception limitation reason from the receiving mobile terminal to the base station when the reception limitation mode of operation has been established for the receiving terminal, transmitting the received bits in the ORDQ field of the release order to a calling mobile terminal from the base station, providing notification at the calling mobile terminal of the reception limitation reason corresponding to the received ORDQ bit value from the base station.