A method used in wireless communications for displaying an icon on a
wireless communications device indicating that a calling party is a
subscriber of a same wireless communications service provider of a called
party. A terminating mobile station switching center (MSC) flags a
routing number port associated with a routing number and returns the
routing number to an originating MSC when it determines that a request
for the routing number is sent from a home locator register (HLR) of the
called party's wireless communications service provider and the calling
party is also a subscriber of the called party's wireless communications
service provider. When receiving an incoming call, the terminating MSC
inspects whether the incoming call is to be sent through a flagged
routing number port. If so, the terminating MSC generates a SETUP message
with an instructions to display the icon. In responsive to the SETUP
message, the wireless communications device of the called party displays
the icon accordingly, indicating that the calling party is a subscriber
of the same wireless communications service provider as the called party.