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title: Caller Identity Lookup API Now Available for Telnyx Number Lookup
canonical: https://telnyx.com/release-notes/number-lookup-caller-identity-enhanced-caller-name
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# Caller Identity Lookup API Now Available for Telnyx Number Lookup

[Release notes](https://telnyx.com/release-notes)

# Caller Identity and Enhanced Caller Name Now Available in Telnyx Number Lookup

### 21, Oct 2026

Telnyx Number Lookup now returns the name and postal address behind a phone number with Caller Identity, and a caller name with broader coverage than standard CNAM with Enhanced Caller Name. Both are opt-in with the `type` parameter on the same Number Lookup request, so existing lookups are unchanged.

### What's new

* **Caller Identity:** Returns the name and postal address of the number's owner, with a confidence score from 50 to 90\. Request it with `type=caller-identity`. Available for US numbers, and for Canadian numbers on accounts enabled for Canadian data.
* **Enhanced Caller Name:** Returns a caller name with broader coverage than standard CNAM for US numbers. Request it with `type=enhanced-caller-name`.
* **Any combination in one request:** Repeat the `type` parameter to combine `carrier`, `caller-name`, `enhanced-caller-name`, and `caller-identity` in a single call.
* **Per-data-set pricing:** Caller Identity is $0.044 per lookup and Enhanced Caller Name is $0.02 per lookup.

### Why it matters

* Enhanced Caller Name returns a name for more US numbers than standard CNAM, using the same request you already send.
* Caller Identity ties a number to a person and an address, and the confidence score shows how strong the link is. A score of 70 or above is high confidence, 60 is moderate, and 50 is limited, so you can set your own threshold for each use case.
* Both data sets sit behind the same endpoint and API key as carrier and portability lookups, so there is no separate identity vendor to integrate, bill, or monitor.
* Both are opt-in per request, so existing Number Lookup integrations keep working without changes.

### Example use cases

* Fraud and risk teams compare the name on an application with the name returned for the applicant's phone number before approving an account.
* Contact centers identify unknown inbound numbers and show the caller's name before an agent picks up.
* Voice AI agents look up the inbound number at the start of a call and greet known callers by name.

### Getting started

1. Send a GET request to `/v2/number_lookup/{phone_number}` with `type=caller-identity` and your Telnyx API key.
2. Read `caller_identity.name`, `caller_identity.address`, and `caller_identity.confidence_score` in the response.
3. Add `type=enhanced-caller-name` to the same request to include Enhanced Caller Name for US numbers, and read `enhanced_caller_name` in the response.
4. Choose a confidence score threshold that fits your use case before you act on a Caller Identity result.

curl -X GET "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/number_lookup/+18005550199?type=caller-identity&type=enhanced-caller-name" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY"

**Learn more** in the [Number Lookup docs](https://developers.telnyx.com/docs/identity/number-lookup) and on the [Number Lookup pricing page](https://telnyx.com/pricing/number-lookup).

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