<div dir="ltr">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.<div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>-- </div><div>Steve<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 4:44 PM, Malay Thakershi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mthakershi@gmail.com" target="_blank">mthakershi@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Hello,</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">I use originate to make outbound calls.</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">originate {origination_caller_id_name='</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">CH calling',origination_caller_</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">id_number=1XXXXXXXXXX,</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">origination_uuid=XXXXXXXX,</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">absolute_codec_string=PCMU,</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ignore_early_media=true,</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">originate_timeout=45,}sofia/</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">gateway/chsbc01/1XXXXXXXXXX 1056 XML default</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Can I display "CH calling" as caller name when people receive our calls? It is not displaying that. It only display the number. Thanks.</div>
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