Why can't my cellphone display the name/company of callers?

It seems like back when we had Sprint and I asked why no caller ID, they said that Sprint decided not to pay for that service. Perhaps none of them do.

Install Mr Number App, I have it about 4 years works great, problem solved.

I do NOT work for this app developer, nor am I receiving any compensation for this post...That being said, the solution I have found most useful is an app called "Truecaller" Not only does it do a reverse lookup on all calls you receive (via Internet) but, the developers maintain a spam/unwanted caller's database to which they encourage their users to add to. In practice, when a call from a known spammer comes through, a notification pops up to warn you. You can also set it to reject specific numbers inclusive of all numbers with a specific area code or exchange. This filter can also be extended to SMS (texts) although text spam is not much of a problem for me so, I don't utilize that function. Hope this helps... -Steve

It appears that many of us are suffering from the same Robocallers, spam, and total BS. I have done what Steve did; however, I took it two steps further; I also use TrueCaller and it works very well, in addition, I also use Hiya, and Showcaller. All three of these freebies work well, are available from the App Store. They show me Spam calls, suspected Spam, and many, many of the dishonest calls that flood our pones. It has saved me countless hours of answering unwanted calls.

Excellent app. Been using it for years.

Hi, Do you prefer one of these apps over the other? Real World experience is so much more accurate than app reviews!

What you said is true. Actually it's all about the money. In the ancient times of the first landlines, phone companies had telephone books to advertise how many people actually used their services. Then people choose to opt out of the phone book. This was possible, but at a fee. Solly when all they were doing I'd Not doing something.
Next people wanted to know who was calling. So phone companies connected the calling line code to your information and for a fee would give you a box to read this information, sent at the beginning of your call. Very similar cell phones do the same thing identify the calling "line" and allow you to read the code. With the Advent of a greater desire for privacy cell phone networks and makers allow you to turn off the broadcast of this information. Not other databases of cell phone owner identities are produced and you get access to those one of those databases for a fee or as as a value added feature. Truecaller is another, independent database. They get their information from some standard identities databases, BUT they also use the contact lists of their users.
When ever there is a design to stop people from doing something, there is usually someone who can make a work around for a price.

I'll also give a vote for Hiya. I've had it for a couple of months now and while not 100% is sure helps.

It got 5 stars so I'll give it a go. Looks like it blocks numbers also. Been waiting for something like this. Thanks.

I just don't answer the phone! (Nobody wants to talk to me anyway unless they want to sell me something) I saves my iPhone battery. And nobody really has my VOIP (OOMA) number except a few family members. (OOMA comes with NOMOROBO as well).

I guess nobody reads the policies before clicking "Accept" (as I've said many times). If you want all of your telephone numbers (contacts and numbers received) sent to Hiya so Hiya can sell them to telemarketers, go ahead. I didn't click on the "accept" button after reading that. So, if your purpose is to cut down on these marketing calls, I would suggest that Hiya is not a good solution.

I've been using Hiya for more than a year with good results. It's likely that the numbers or names identified are just those approved by the caller, as others mention. However, the users can report to Hiya if they are spam, and Hiya will then block for all users. Unknown callers are sent to the voice mail to leave a message. In addition, you can set the app to send a text message to any caller that is not identified as spam and not on your contact list, letting them identify themselves in a reply (assuming the call is from a phone with text capability). You don't waste a lot of time dealing with unknown callers this way, but Hiya doesn't solve the problem of unidentified legitimate calls from automated services.

Guess the subject says it all.
If you want to share your contact list, go ahead and use Hiya.
I prefer to keep my contacts very private and they are (collectively) only found in one "on-line" place, and that is Apple's iCloud. I just do not share the thousands of contacts I have with anyone else.

The spam traffic has gotten so bad that most folks I know are just not answering the phone anymore unless they get a hit in the contact list. Otherwise they let it fall thru to voice mail and most of the spammers won't leave voice mail (evidence you know!) If it wasn't important enough to leave voicemail, it isn't important enough for me to spend my time calling them back. I hope the phone company understands unless they resolve this, their business model is probably shot. My kids and their friends generally don't use voice at all. They consider it far too insecure.
Gary

NOT a good idea to call back unknown numbers to find out who they are, unless you block your own caller ID. Mostly they will be spammers, and once you call them back, they are no longer violating the DNC guidelines for telemarketers and cold calling. Plus now they know you are a live person/live number, so they will sell you as a live contact to other shady outfits.

Yeah, right, like the Telemarketers Code of Ethics Council meets once a month, where they all hunker down to absorb the latest consumer-friendly guidelines. Give me a break. Most of them work under the radar to purposely abuse the system for personal gain.

Definetly would never call them back but wouldnt the fact they made the initial call already put them in violation? That they obviously don't care about

U.S. laws only apply in the U.S. Most of the telemarketing today is overseas so U.S. law doesn't apply.

Ringing back on an unknown number is not recommended as some spammers use an ID or number that is linked to a charge code that can cost you as much as $50 a minute. Even a short time on such a number can involve quite a lot of money.

WOW - sounds like you need to give Hiya a try!

HIYA might give you great functionality, but it does come at a price! If you are doing this to weed out "marketing" calls, Hiya might not be your best choice. If anyone has read the "Accept Terms" stuff before running Hiya, you will see that Hiya will gather up your data (friends, family phone numbers, for example) and put all of it on a list to be sold to telemarketers. So, while this will help you ignore telemarketers, it will probably increase the number of calls. In any case, I'm going to give it a pass. If a call can't be easily identified, it goes to voice mail. Some will wind up on the blocked list but I know the numbers are spoofed anyway.

After 39 years in the telecom equipment biz, I can say this is the right answer.

I realize that there are many apps for cell phones but I have a landline using MagicJack. Is there an app to display caller ID's for this?