Article: Fight heats up over patents on Caller ID. (Kazuo Hashimoto)

Caller ID has been around for some time, but because of regulatory hurdles and privacy issues, it has not been widely embraced by consumer electronic manufacturers until now. The recent FCC ruling is expected to press local intrastate Caller ID to be adopted in every state eventually, many advocates and opponents widely agree.

At the Winter CES Show in Las Vegas this year, several major manufacturers exhibited new and expanded product offerings that feature Caller ID display devices, including Panasonic, Sony, Northwestern Bell, Southwestern Bell, General Electric and AT&T, among others.

Many people believe that AT&T was one of the early developers of the ...

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