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From: King Of Fools on 9 Sep 2009 09:22 On 17 Aug, 15:59, "R. Mark Clayton" <nospamclay...(a)btinternet.com> wrote: > "Hans Sluiman" <n...(a)this.address> wrote in message > > My employer has issued new guidelines for doing a health and safety > > related risk assessment for field work. Under the Communications heading > > the document claims that999calls may be made via other networks if you > > are in an area not covered by the network that issued the SIM. > > This is supposed to be coming in, but might not be fully operational yet > see: -http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7932727.stm > even then you would probably need a correctly configured dual band phone to > reap maximum benefit. The UK and Ireland have been urged to sign up for potentially life- saving car accident technology which automatically alerts the emergency services after a crash. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20090909/tuk-uk-urged-to-adopt-crash-alert-plan-6323e80.html I assume for this to work then UK networks would also need to allow emergency call roaming.
From: iain on 9 Sep 2009 15:47
On Wed, 9 Sep 2009 06:22:15 -0700 (PDT), King Of Fools <tobethekingoffools(a)googlemail.com> wrote: >The UK and Ireland have been urged to sign up for potentially life- >saving car accident technology which automatically alerts the >emergency services after a crash. > >http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20090909/tuk-uk-urged-to-adopt-crash-alert-plan-6323e80.html Governements are urged to sign up for various things all the time. Well under 1% of them actually get anywhere. > >I assume for this to work then UK networks would also need to allow >emergency call roaming. No, I can't see why they would. Every car would have to have a mobile phone built in, and presumably have to have an active sim for it to make enough money for the networks. I can't see many people bothering to pay for that. |