Caller ID from the cell phone

Last Updated : Oct 30, 2012 |

If administered with Origination Mapping, the Extension to Cellular telephone gains the identity of the user’s office extension when calling into the Communication Manager. Origination mapping means that the cell phone is administered to present the office caller ID. When the cell phone user calls into the office, the person receiving the call sees the office name and office number of the caller, not the cell phone caller ID. This type of administration provides in-house caller identification at the destination telephone because the cell phone is mapped to the office telephone.

An Extension to Cellular telephone that is administered to gain the identity of the office telephone has the following functionality:

  • When calling a number at the office (Communication Manager), the destination telephone displays the name and extension as the caller ID.

  • A user can initiate a call to the office on an Extension to Cellular cell phone and pick up that same call in progress on the office telephone.

  • When calling into the same office switch on which Extension to Cellular is administered, the Extension to Cellular cell phone functions as if it were an office telephone extension. For example, a corporate voice messaging system receives an Extension to Cellular cell phone call; the system recognizes the call as an extension on the switch.

  • Origination mapping allows feature invocation by Feature Name Extension (FNE).

In some parts of the world, the calling number from a cellular phone may or may exclude the country code. With origination mapping, you can map a calling number to a station regardless of whether the calling party number contains a country code.

To display an incoming international call on an endpoint, prefix the calling number with the international access code. The International Access Code field is associated with the location of the trunk on which the calling number arrives. To prefix the calling number with the international access code, go to the Locations Parameter screen and administer the International Access Code field. If the International Access Code field is blank, Communication Manager fetches the international CPN prefix from the Feature Related System Parameter screen and prefixes the CPN code to the calling party number.

If the existing administrator option, Passed Prefixed CPN: ASAI, is set on the Feature Related System Parameter screen, the ASAI displays the calling party number with the International CPN prefix. If the existing administrator option, Passed Prefixed CPN: ASAI, is not set, the ASAI displays the calling party number without the International CPN prefix.

To handle calling numbers with country codes, enter the country code (CC) in the CC field on the Off-PBX Station Mapping screen. Communication Manager will match the calling number either with or without its country code with the office extension.