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.

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