Digital cordless telephone with call waiting/caller ID and digital answer with call blocker up to 10 numbers and up to 12 minutes recording time. 50 name and number phonebook featuring a bright backlit display with illuminated keypad. Additional features include choice of polyphonic ringer melodies, 10 last number redial, microphone mute feature and two outgoing messages. Digital answerer has call screening and call intercept with private playback via the handset and remote message retrieval.