Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed which serves to automatically indicate to one (local) party to a telephone call on a telecommunication line placed in a hold condition that the other (distant) party to such call has returned to the line thus completing a call hold interval and relieving the local party of the burden of waiting while continuously aurally monitoring the call throughout the call hold interval. The invention contemplates the automatic and electronic monitoring of the telephone line during the hold condition thereof to detect the presence of a voice signal thereon, such voice signal indicating the return of the distant party to the line. Upon detection of the voice signal, an annunciation signal is generated and provided the local party to the call to therefore signal the completion of a telephone call hold interval.