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Subject: Re: Tracing 999 calls from a mobile phone Posted on: Fri, 09 May 2008 10:40:45 +0100

On Fri, 09 May 2008 00:58:08 +0100, Jonathan Bryce
wrote:

>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.

No it isn't possible. The phone will try to do so (because it is part
of the GSM specification that it should and it may display messages
telling you it is doing so) but in the UK the networks do not accept
emergency calls other than from their own customers.