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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Sprint PCS / February 2006Incoming Caller ID with Sprint PCS
Does Sprint display the *name* of incoming calls on their Caller ID in addition to the phone number, even if that particular number is not stored in that phone's phone book??? i.e. just like landline based Caller ID with Name? also, when a Sprint subscriber calls a land line phone equipped with Caller ID with Name, doe the subscriber's name show up with the phone number? this does not happen with my existing Verizon cell phone. tks. - brian > Does Sprint display the *name* of incoming calls on their Caller ID in > addition to the phone number, even if that particular number is not [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > - brian No, and Sometimes. The Regional Bell Operating Companies appear to not look up names. Some Competitive Local Exchange Carriers *do* look up the names. >>=20 >> Does Sprint display the *name* of incoming calls on their Caller ID in [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >The Regional Bell Operating Companies appear to not look up names. >Some Competitive Local Exchange Carriers *do* look up the names. Well, it depends on the I/CLEC and cell co. TMobile will show name and number on Verizon landline (my parents' name and phone show when they use their cell to call me at home). My Verizon Wireless number only shows when I call home. I've never seen a cell phone show name and number for an incoming call, unless the number is "labelled" by the cell user's address book. For example, if I put "home" in for my home number, "home" will appear on my cell phone for its caller id. That's all I can vouch for. Scott ummm... this makes me curious. I called a friend of mine as I was standing right next to her so she could store my number in her phone. When her phone rang, the phone displayed '609-NXX-XXXX NEW JERSEY', just like it would have if I had called a landline with CID/Name. The phone was obviously displaying information in addition to the calling number. Where did the info come from; was Sprint performing a dip into the name database? Has anyone else seen this type of info pop up on the phone's display? btw, I believe that the phone was a Sanyo. tks. - brian > ummm... this makes me curious. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > dip into the name database? Has anyone else seen this type of info pop > up on the phone's display? btw, I believe that the phone was a Sanyo. Additional information? The area code/state relationship is common and readily available knowledge. No need to go to a name database to know that AC 609 is in NJ. >> ummm... this makes me curious. >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > and readily available knowledge. No need to go to a name database to > know that AC 609 is in NJ. My last Sprint phone (Sanyo 8200) did likewise on outbound calls. My Treo 650 doesn't do this. Also, Sanyos 8200 did not do it initially (bought it when it first came out). But after it was replaced (with a brand-new unit) under warranty, the replacement phone did do it. Something changed, and at first I assumed it was a carrier "feature," that my phone now supported. However, subsequent testing revealed that--on outbound calls--the state was displayed *immediately* after pressing "Talk." Plus, I could type any 7-digits after the area-code and still see the state displayed (e.g., 910-000-0000). This led me to the conclusion that the database was internal to the phone, and not coming from the carrier. My guess is they figure you'll get a new firmware update, or a new phone, before the AC database is extremely out-of-date (the phone doesn't list the state if the AC isn't in the database, so it's not that big of an issue).  SignatureMike > ummm... this makes me curious. > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > - brian I tried an experiment with my old AT&T TDMA phone, which remains on until the end of the current billing cycle: I called my landline (which has a caller id box) and the box displayed my cell number and the words "WIRELESS CALLER" in the field that normally displays the caller name. I repeated the experiment with my new Sprint phone and the caller ID displays the callimg number and my name, rather than "WIRELESS CALLER." So it would appear to be a combination of the capabilities of both the wireless provider, and with the landline that receives the call, as to whether the caller's name is displayed. Obviously my landline provider (Verizon/Bellof PA) has the ability to display the caller name, but the wireless service that is initiating the call may or may not be able to transmit that information. Best suggestion I can offer is to proceed with the presumption that both your wireless number and your name will appear on the called party's display unit. <snippage> > I tried an experiment with my old AT&T TDMA phone, which remains on > until the end of the current billing cycle: [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > name, but the wireless service that is initiating the call may or may > not be able to transmit that information. CSID doesn't transmit a name, it's handled via a database dip. This can be handled by a third party, or by the calling party's carrier (in this case Sprint--for which Sprint would be paid for that dip by Verizon). If the latter, there is usually a contract in place that spells out the cost of each CSID name dip. Apparently your LEC has a valid contract with Sprint, but not with Cingular--or perhaps they do with Cingular orange accounts, but not old ATTWS accounts. You can test this by having a Cingular GSM user call your landline. > Best suggestion I can offer is to proceed with the presumption that > both your wireless number and your name will appear on the called > party's display unit. Sometimes it's best not to presume anything... SignatureMike > Does Sprint display the *name* of incoming calls on their Caller ID in > addition to the phone number, even if that particular number is not [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > - brian I can confirm that both the number and the name of the subscriber appear on the called party's Caller ID box. I just switched to Sprint, from Cingular. My account has three lines and is billed to my company, not to me individually, but the three phones are used by me, my wife and my son. The other day I just happened to test the Caller ID, by phoning my home number from my PCS phone. The number and my company name appeared on my Caller ID display (I have local service in Philadelphia from Verizon). I phoned the customer service department at Sprint to ask if they could permanently block my number and company name from appearing on recipients' Caller ID boxes, and I was surprised and pleased to learn that they could do that or alternatively, they could change the information that was transmitted to remove the company name and to replace it with our individual names. So now each of us has our own name going out on caller id, on our individual phones, rather than the company name. It took less than 24 hours for them to provision the changes. Now, looking at the Caller ID display, it is impossible to determine that the incoming call is even from a wireless phone. My previous service, though ATTWS/Cingular, displayed the number and the words "Wireless Caller" on the display. > I can confirm that both the number and the name of the subscriber appear on > the called party's Caller ID box. It depends on the landline provider and the cell company. They must have an agreement between them. For example, when I lived in Cleveland, for years that did not happen. Then Sprint and SBC inked an agreement that allowed SBC to do a "database dip" to look up the Sprint PCS subscribers' names each time a Sprint user called an SBC landline, and suddenly my name started showing up on everyone's CID. *Then* SBC and Sprint got into a fight (about compensation, IIRC) and SBC stopped looking up Sprint subscriber names and sending them with the numbers. > I phoned the customer service department at Sprint to ask if they could > permanently block my number and company name from appearing on recipients' > Caller ID boxes, *67 (block caller id, next call only) works too, on Sprint. SignatureSteve Sobol, Professional Geek 888-480-4638 PGP: 0xE3AE35ED Company website: http://JustThe.net/ Personal blog, resume, portfolio: http://SteveSobol.com/ E: sjsobol@JustThe.net Snail: 22674 Motnocab Road, Apple Valley, CA 92307 > Does Sprint display the *name* of incoming calls on their Caller ID in > addition to the phone number, even if that particular number is not > stored in that phone's phone book??? i.e. just like landline based > Caller ID with Name? On Sprint landline phones, yes. On their wireless phones, no. Currently no wireless carriers do. > also, when a Sprint subscriber calls a land line phone equipped with > Caller ID with Name, doe the subscriber's name show up with the phone > number? Most of the time yes. Sometimes, no. It all depends on who the landline phone company is, and what the status of their CID-name contract is with Sprint. Sprint does have a number database available for carriers to dip into when doing a caller ID nae check, but sometimes a landline carrier won't subscribe to it. Landline carriers must pay money to either the carrier where the call is originating from, or to a third party name-number database, for each time they want to display a caller's name with the CID number. And sometimes, particularly after an old contract for that service expires, landline companies like to play hardball with the cell companies by not subscribing to the database for a while, holding out for a cheaper rate. > this does not happen with my existing Verizon cell phone. Verizon currently doesn't give out name info to most landline carriers. SignatureE-mail fudged to thwart spammers. Transpose the c's and a's in my e-mail address to reply. |
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