Calling Name (CNAM) Delivery

Accudata Calling Name service retrieves stored names associated with a telephone number. This allows Exchange Carriers  to display a name from an inbound call originating anywhere in the North American Numbering Plan area.  We can even enable CNAM display for wireless providers.  Accudata has also released a version of Asterisk code that can be modified for your Linux version and Asterisk release.  VOIP service providers can use this after modification  to deliver Calling Name for Caller ID devices that are IP enabled.   Contact our sales department for more information.

Ask us about our new, lower cost calling name service, AccuName, pulling from a national CNAM database.

Businesses also use CNAM for other purposes, such as added levels of security, verification of identity, or telemarketing.

CNAM has also recently been in the news and discussed in Congress due to number spoofing.  This is the ability of some dialers, VOIP providers, and other telco related companies and devices to replace the number of the outbound call with another number that may or may not be a legitimate number.

Many legitimate business concerns use spoofing to allow fund raising from a call center for charities and political parties.  The spoofed number is stored in a CNAM database with the name of the campaign rather than the name associated with the actual telephone line being used.  This is a helpful service, as opposed to those who are trying to hide the number from the called party.