A wireless information communication system, such as a paging network,
that provides caller identification information transmitted from the
public switched telephone network to a pager, PDA (Personal Digital
Assistant), or personal communication device carried by a page-receiving
communicant. The system may include a textual or synthesized voice query
to verify the telephone number and/or name information that was derived
from caller identification information received, and may also prompt a
caller to enter other optional data such as alternative
caller-identifying information, call-back information or message
information. The wireless communication system then transmits at least
one of the caller identification information and the optional data to a
page-receiving communicant. A cellular communication system may also
transmit a paging message containing caller identification information or
optional data to a cellular radiotelephone device. The transmitted paging
message may include digital data representative of the caller
identification information that is encrypted or encoded, and can be used
to output a dialing signal or used for other purposes from within the
cellular radiotelephone device.