Apparatus and Method for Providing Enhanced Telecommunications Services

A platform for providing a plurality of telecommunications services to a subscriber, said platform comprising:

• a database server, the database server storing a subscriber profile, the subscriber profile comprising provisioning information and call control information;
• an application server coupled to said database server, said application server providing at least a first telecommunications service for which the subscriber is provisioned, the first telecommunications service accessing the call control information, the call control information determining a call flow for the subscriber to complete a call using the first telecommunications service and being separate from provisioning;
• a network interface on a switch in a public telephone network;
• and
• a Softswitch, coupled to said network interface and said application server, integrating and managing the plurality of telecommunications services and further using a voice-activated interface to enable the subscriber to access at least one of the plurality of telecommunications services, wherein said voice-activated interface is available to the subscriber any time throughout duration of a call.