"TimB" wrote in message
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> On May 9, 12:58 am, Jonathan Bryce
> wrote:
>> Cynic wrote:
>> > What the operator will *not* know is who the phone is registered to.
>> > That would have to be sought separately from the service provider -
>> > and may well not be obtainable at all in the case of a PAYG phone.
>> > Though in the latter case, if the caller needs to be traced as a
>> > matter of importance, the handset can be tracked all the time it is
>> > switched on even if the SIM card has been changed.
>>
>> Isn't it possible to make a 999 call without a SIM card in the phone?
>> I've
>> never tried it, but the phone says "emergency calls only" if I take the
>> SIM
>> out.
>
> It's possible if there is a network within range that supports that
> service. I'm not sure that any UK networks do.
ISTR an EU directive that made it so, BICBW. Even if a call is made SIMless,
the network would log the IMEI of the phone.
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