On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 10:33 AM Ben Oliver <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 2019-10-17 17:15:38, Leo Vegoda wrote: > >I was under the impression that the mobile networks all allow a powered > >up phone to call 112 or 999 even if there is no SIM card in there. Is > >that not the case? > > I too thought this was the case. I just pulled the SIM on my phone and > it says 'emergency calls only'.
It depends on how the mobile network is configured. Wikipedia has an unsourced claim that UK networks don't allow it due to hoax calls.
