Abstract: A subscriber's prepay balance is provided to a wireless mobile station (e.g., a cellular telephone) for visual display to a subscriber. Preferably, the prepay balance information is retrieved by a prepay application and, rather than be provided to an interactive voice response unit for conversion into an audible message, the prepay balance is provided through the network to the mobile station itself and displayed thereon. The prepay balance can be provided upon registering the mobile station with the carrier's network and/or upon completion of a phone call. In this way, within a relatively short period of time following the termination of a phone call or during registration, the subscriber's mobile station automatically displays the new prepay balance.