Have Name Caller ID for my outgoing calls?

Verizon Wireless offers two separate but inter-related services for caller name identification. The first is Share Name ID where customers can opt-in to share their name with others who have caller name identification services. The second is Caller Name ID which identifies incoming callers by name and reputation (e.g., robocallers, spammers).

No. Caller name is not transmitted in the caller ID string on cellular networks. That's not under the control of the phone at all. It's inherent to the cellular network.

AT&T does happen to transmit my name as part of its caller ID from its cellular network. I have been an AT&T wireless customer since before the original iPhone was introduced, and this has always been true in my case. Land lines see my name and telephone number as part of my caller ID from my AT&T wireless phone (which is now an iPhone).

Anyway, ask AT&T about this service.

Do they? I've been on AT&T since long before the iPhone as well and I never saw that behavior. I also don't get caller names coming in to my iPhone (haven't had a landline in what seems like forever) from callers on any cellular network. The only way I see a name is if it matches the number to an entry in my contacts.

KiltedTim, that is very interesting. Maybe this behavior goes back to the heritage cellular company that I had before AT&T Wireless took them over. I recall when I started cellular service, it was with a company called L.A. Cellular. AT&T Wireless took over L.A. Cellular in 1999. So it could be that not all parts of AT&T Wireless behave the same.

KiltedTim, my caller ID on incoming calls to my iPhone works exactly the same as you've described. I don't believe a cellular phone calling my iPhone would provide caller name unless that person was in my contacts.

I admit this sounds strange ... why I would see a caller's name on a land line but not on a cellular phone.

UPDATE - It's been eight years, and I might be mistaken, but I'm trying to recall whether I saw a cellular caller's name on my pre-iPhone cellular phones. I think I did. But I could easily be mistaken.

mynameismyname wrote:

Hmmm.... That is utterly frustrating... AT&T can do what Verizon can not...

AT&T can do lots of things that Verizon can not. Up to 5 simultaneous voice calls, simultaneous voice and data while on a 3G network (Verizon can only do it if you are on LTE), control of caller ID visibility and call forwarding from the phone, etc... A lot of it has to do with the underlying network technology. Verizon is still hobbled by being a CDMA carrier.

Through no choice of my own, I have a Verizon land line. I have similarly been plagued by incorrect answers when I call with issues about this service.

Richard Carriger