If you're still rockin' a landline you probably take caller ID for granted at this point and, if you're a mobile only kinda person, you might not even realize your cellphone lacks it. But, the truth ...

Dallas – Wireless carrier MetroPCS said it will become the first U.S. carrier later this month to offer caller ID name service, which displays the names of incoming callers on a subscriber’s cellphone ...

Caller ID, like a cable box with automatic time set, is a fundamental technology of modern life that everyone takes for granted until it does not work. When Caller ID failed Stephanie Summers of ...

Caller ID is the technology that allows any phone to display the number of other phones connecting to it. If you're making a call, that's your outbound caller ID. If you're receiving a call, it's the ...

There are three ways that you might experience caller ID with your campus phone number: Calls made from one campus number to another will display the name but not the phone extension belonging to that ...

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (WLS) -- Spoof phone calls where the caller ID has the name of a company, but is associated with a fake number, is a common scam. People now need to be on the lookout for spoof calls ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --We've all been there. The phone rings during dinner or when you're putting the kids to bed and it's a telemarketer. The National Do Not Call Registry was put in place to stop these ...

The House has passed the “Truth in Caller ID Act of 2010” (PDF), which does exactly what its name would lead you to believe. Under the bill, it becomes illegal “to cause any caller ID service to ...

Caller ID is available in most parts of the U.S. For calls transmitted over landlines, there are rules about callers, particularly corporations and businesses, arranging things so that the caller ID ...

Last fall, U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy’s office started getting phone calls from constituents who complained about receiving recorded phone messages that bad-mouthed Murphy. The constituents were especially ...

Caller ID uses the information you give to your carrier. So, when you call another mobile device it will try its best to give out your name along with the phone number. However, sometimes (especially ...