With Unified CM's External Presentation Name and Number feature, the From header carries the configured presentation name and number for display only, while PAID (and Remote-Party-ID) carries the user's real identity, such as the DN or DDI, for billing.

Checked 2026-09-25

The PAID header contains the identity (original DN or DDI) of the user.
Vendor
Cisco
Product
Unified Communications Manager
Subsystem
SIP trunk identity
Deployment
on-premises
Region
not restricted
Release range
Release 15 and SUs
Checked
2026-09-25

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 25). Wrong or missing caller ID on outbound calls: source note caller-id-presentation-problems-cucm-from-vs-paid. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/caller-id-presentation-problems-cucm-from-vs-paid

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-caller-id-presentation-problems-cucm-from-vs-paid,
  title  = {Wrong or missing caller ID on outbound calls: source note caller-id-presentation-problems-cucm-from-vs-paid},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/caller-id-presentation-problems-cucm-from-vs-paid},
  note   = {Source note caller-id-presentation-problems-cucm-from-vs-paid, checked 2026-09-25}
}

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