A call management method is provided for giving notification of calls unanswered at a destination telephone number and real-time management options for the unanswered call. When control of a call is passed to a call management server (50), notification of an incoming call is sent to a subscriber associated with a destination telephone (22). Incoming call notification is provided via a wireless data messaging terminal (28) and includes information about the incoming call. The subscriber provides instructions in real-time for routing the incoming call.