Abstract: A portable mobile communications device and method of providing location data of other portable mobile communications devices as icons on a map display is presented. An area of interest is shown as a map on the portable mobile communications device display. An application determines the on-line presence status of one or more other users having similarly equipped portable mobile communications devices. The geographical location data of the other portable mobile communications devices currently on-line is obtained from the mobile phone network infrastructure and inserted as an icon on the map to accurately represent their actual geographic location. The user can select an icon on the map to change the display to show additional data pertaining to the geographic location represented by the icon. Or, the user can change the display to present options for contacting the user associated with the icon which can be automatically launched if selected.