A method system, interface and server for establishing a communications
call by selecting a B party (6) using an interactive device (16)
connected to a public network (10,12), sending called address data for
the B party (6) and calling address data for an A party (4) to a
communications platform (18) of the public network (10,12), and
establishing a call between the A and B parties (4,6) over the public
network (10,12) using the communications platform (18) and the called and
calling address data. The called address data can be accessed from the
public network, and may reside on a server of a messaging network, such
as the Internet.