[asterisk-users] Show Callee name on Display

[Eric "ManxPower" Wieling]

It is not possible to do this the way you want.  Most phones will 
display the called name if that name/number is in the phone's directory.

Peder @ NetworkOblivion wrote:
> We have users with Cisco 7900 phones running sip.  When user A calls 
> user B, we want user B's name to appear on user A's phone.  It shows the 
> extension they call, but not the internal name of the called user.  Is 
> this possible?  We have some people that used to be on an MGCP based 
> system and they would get the callee's name popup on their phone when 
> they called someone.  I can't figure out if it is possible or if it is 
> just a limitation of the Cisco SIP firmware.
> 
> Just to clarify with an example:
> 
> 1 - Steve
> 2 - David
> 
> David calls ext 1.  Right now it says "calling 1".  We want it to say 
> "calling Steve 1".