[Freeswitch-users] Displaying user friendly caller name

[Steven Schoch]

This was something I thought could be done when I first got into VoIP, but
I have learned that it doesn't work like that.

What seems to happen is that as soon as your call reaches the PSTN, the
caller-name field is dropped, because most of the network can't handle it.
So instead, the receiving office uses CNAM to turn the caller-id number
into a name, which is displayed. The only control you have is that you can
usually have your DID provider update the CNAM databases for you. This
takes a few days, so you can't change your name dynamically.

-- 
Steve

On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 4:44 PM, Malay Thakershi <mthakershi at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I use originate to make outbound calls.
>
> originate {origination_caller_id_name='CH calling',origination_caller_
> id_number=1XXXXXXXXXX,origination_uuid=XXXXXXXX,
> absolute_codec_string=PCMU,ignore_early_media=true,
> originate_timeout=45,}sofia/gateway/chsbc01/1XXXXXXXXXX 1056 XML default
>
> Can I display "CH calling" as caller name when people receive our calls?
> It is not displaying that. It only display the number. Thanks.
>
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