topic Re: Caller ID / Name Display in Get Support

Caller ID / Name Display

jai2 — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 17:16:22 GMT

Hello,

I just transferred my service to Public mobile. Just curious as to what type of Caller ID feature it has.

1. Does Public Mobile display your name when making outgoing call? If not, can it be enabled?

2. Does the caller ID show name of a caller if callers provider supports name (such as Rogers)?

I know with time I will find out, but just curious.

Re: Caller ID / Name Display

computergeek541 — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 21:36:13 GMT

@jai2 wrote:
1. Does Public Mobile display your name when making outgoing call? If not, can it be enabled?

2. Does the caller ID show name of a caller if callers provider supports name (such as Rogers)?

1. No, they don't, and no, it cannot be enabled.

2. Yes, but for cellular, I only know of Fido (postapaid) and Rogers that do this.

Re: Caller ID / Name Display

hairbag1 — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 21:35:14 GMT

@jai2 wrote:
Hello,

I just transferred my service to Public mobile. Just curious as to what type of Caller ID feature it has.

1. Does Public Mobile display your name when making outgoing call? If not, can it be enabled?

2. Does the caller ID show name of a caller if callers provider supports name (such as Rogers)?

I know with time I will find out, but just curious.

If the person you call has your name in Contacts, then your name shows up...otherwise just your number.

Re: Caller ID / Name Display

computergeek541 — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 21:39:06 GMT

@hairbag1 wrote:
@jai2 wrote:
Hello,

I just transferred my service to Public mobile. Just curious as to what type of Caller ID feature it has.

1. Does Public Mobile display your name when making outgoing call? If not, can it be enabled?

2. Does the caller ID show name of a caller if callers provider supports name (such as Rogers)?

I know with time I will find out, but just curious.
If the person you call has your name in Contacts, then your name shows up...otherwise just your number.

If the call is coming from a carrier that transmit this information, a name will be shown even if the phone number isn't saved in the contact list. This includes calls coming from traditional landlines and from mobile customers of Rogers/postpaid Fido.

Re: Caller ID / Name Display

Pawprints1986 — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 04:54:24 GMT

This just made me think of something... For those carriers that do support showing our names with caller ID, and for those of us who've changed our names in our account to prevent port fraud... Do our names show up as the symboly gibberish we've changed our names to in our account? ?

Re: Caller ID / Name Display

Anonymous — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 05:00:21 GMT

@Pawprints1986 wrote:
This just made me think of something... For those carriers that do support showing our names with caller ID, and for those of us who've changed our names in our account to prevent port fraud... Do our names show up as the symboly gibberish we've changed our names to in our account? ?

No. It's about what is transmitted out. The receiver can only receive whatever was sent.

Re: Caller ID / Name Display

computergeek541 — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 05:04:06 GMT

@Pawprints1986 wrote:
This just made me think of something... For those carriers that do support showing our names with caller ID, and for those of us who've changed our names in our account to prevent port fraud... Do our names show up as the symboly gibberish we've changed our names to in our account? ?

No carriers support it for calls coming from Public Mobile customers. Public Mobile doesn't send this information.

Re: Caller ID / Name Display

Pawprints1986 — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 10:12:08 GMT

Ohh ok. I had read it as the outgoing call sends info for both name and number, but the call receivers network chooses to support or not support caller ID with name too... If public doesn't send it out that's even better !

Re: Caller ID / Name Display

Obsession0525 — Sun, 24 Sep 2023 19:03:53 GMT

I'm new to PM and I found this extremely helpful. Thanks for the solution! @computergeek541