An apparatus and a method for connecting calls from a digital directory. The system includes a telecommunication appliance and a digital directory, in communication with and accessible by the telecommunication appliance. The telecommunication appliance includes a display, a user input, and, means for making a call. The digital directory includes a plurality of digital directory entries, wherein each digital directory entry includes information about a business. The telecommunication appliance displays at least some of the digital directory entries from the digital directory on the display, receives a user selection of one of the digital directory entries representing a selected business via the user input, and makes a call to the selected business using the means for making a call and the information about the selected business.