SERVICE TRANSFER TO A WIRELESS TELEPHONE

In a wireless communication network, a feature initiation signal is received from a first wireless telephone, a data record for a second telephone is updated, and calls placed to the second telephone are routed to the first wireless telephone based on the updated data record. The first wireless telephone may be a mobile telephone in a vehicle, and a registration signal generated by the mobile telephone upon provision of power thereto may serve as the feature initiation signal. The second telephone may also be a wireless telephone, such as a portable telephone. When an outgoing call code is received from the first wireless telephone, the network places the outgoing call in accordance with the outgoing call code and augmenting information from the data record for the second telephone.