On Fri, 18 Oct 2019 at 12:01, David Walters <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. If for some reason it's important that you have a phone that calls 999, you can always arrange a test call. Email [email protected] and they'll send you a script. They'll need to know the CLI you'll be presenting (ie the mobile number) and the time you want to do it all This is usually used for confirmation routing of a PBX, but I don't see why they'd reject your request to test the mobile. BTW they'll ask you to test 112 as well. >
