A cellular system for handling outgoing calls from a mobile station (1)
including a network element (8) being capable of recognizing voiced
commands and names, and has in memory a database of telephone numbers
corresponding to an array of names. The mobile station (1) connects to
the network element (8) and the mobile station user communicates the
desired outgoing call function to the network element (8) by voice. This
desired outgoing call function may be communicated while the mobile
station (1) is engaged in using supplementary services provided by the
network element (8), at any operation point in those services. The
network element (8) evaluate the voice communication, retrieves any
corresponding information, including telephone numbers, and communicates
the necessary information need by the mobile station (1) to carry out the
desired function to the mobile station (1).