query: how to call emergency services from a mobile phone uk

pos: 999 (emergency telephone number) objects in the same pocket as a telephone (termed 'pocket dialling') or by children playing with a telephone. This problem is less of a concern with emergency numbers that use two different digits, such as 112 and 911 although on landlines 112 suffers much of the same risk of false generation as the 111 code which was considered and rejected when the original choice of 999 was made. The pan-European 112 code was introduced in the UK in April 1995 with little publicity. It connects to existing 999 circuits. The GSM standard mandates that the user of a GSM phone

pos: 999 (emergency telephone number) to an automated system which asks the caller to press 55 if they’re in danger. 999 or 112 is used to contact the emergency services upon witnessing or being involved in an emergency. In the United Kingdom, the numbers 999 and 112 both connect to the same service, and there is no priority or charge for either of them. Callers dialling 911, the USA's emergency number, may be transferred to the 999 call system if the call is made within the United Kingdom from a mobile phone. An emergency can be: All telecoms providers operating in the UK are obliged

pos: Pocket dialing lesser evil than pocket dialing the emergency services. In the UK, calls to the emergency number 999 are generally assumed to be accidental if the caller does not speak and there are no suspicious sounds. However, occasionally such 'silent' calls are genuine but the caller is unable or afraid to speak. Police advice is for the caller to then dial 55 to indicate to the operator that the call is genuine. For Android phones, there exist apps that reduce the risk of pocket dialing. A mobile phone advertising campaign by T-Mobile has touted their phones' resistance to inadvertent pocket dialing

pos: Fire services in the United Kingdom the proposals which is now well under way is the reduction of fire service control rooms. At present, each of England's 45 (the number FRS was reduced from 46 in April 2007 with the merger of Devon and Somerset FRSs) FRSs handles its own calls from either the 999 system or mobile phone companies. Additionally, calls are accepted from the other emergency services by dedicated landlines. The FiReControl project is building nine new purpose-built Regional Control Centres (RCCs). The aim is to rationalise call handling and aim for greater communication between the emergency services. At present, 999 calls - whether

pos: Telephone numbers in Macau Telephone numbers in Macau Telephone numbers in Macau are eight-digit numbers. Fixed land line numbers starts with 2, and Mobile (cellular) phone numbers starts with 6. Calls from Macau to mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Portugal are treated as international calls. The telephone number for emergency services – Police, Fire Service and Ambulance – is 999 for all telephone lines. In addition to 999, two more emergency hotline numbers 110 (mainly for tourists from mainland China) and 112 (mainly for tourists from overseas) can be dialed, however calls made to 110 and 112 are redirected to the 999 call

pos: Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom emergency call can be made through any UK mobile network as long as there is a SIM for any valid UK network in the handset. Although UK VOIP phone providers are required to offer 999 / 112 service this is subject to a registration for the service and with a verified service address and users need to be aware such service may not work in a power blackout; However International VOIP providers may not provide this service. The chargeable number 101 was introduced for non-urgent crime and community safety calls on a trial basis in 2006. In Wales, the scheme

pos: 999 phone charging myth also released information asking people not to call 999 except for an emergency as they stated that in the last six months of 2013 they had an increase in hoax 999 calls from people believing the myth. Other sources supplemented these press releases by stating that misusing the 999 number is illegal. They also stated that the police could cut off telephones being used to abuse the 999 service. A related myth emerged: that when Siri on an iPhone is told, "Charge my phone to 100%", the phone would call emergency services as a secret safety code. This was later

pos: 999 phone charging myth 999 phone charging myth The 999 phone charging myth is an urban myth which claims that if a mobile phone has low battery then dialing 999 (or any regional emergency number) charges the phone so it has more power. This was confirmed as a myth by several British police forces who publicly cited the dangers of making such calls. The basis for the myth was a feature of BlackBerry phones: If the battery level was too low, the phone automatically locked down phone features and shut down the phone radio for all calls except to emergency services. People discovered that

pos: Emergency format, such as 911 (United States and many parts of Canada), 999 (United Kingdom), 112 (Europe) and 000 (Australia). The majority of mobile phones also dial the emergency services, even if the phone keyboard is locked, or if the phone has an expired or missing SIM card, although the provision of this service varies by country and network. In addition to those services provided specifically for emergencies, there may be a number of agencies who provide an emergency service as an incidental part of their normal 'day job' provision. This can include public utility workers, such as in provision of

pos: Pocket dialing accidental. The phone calls often sound similar to the sorts of struggles people have while being involved in an actual emergency. In 2014, a 9-1-1 operator in Florida received an accidental call from a meth lab in Volusia County, leading to the arrest of the three occupants for manufacturing and possessing methamphetamine. Many mobile phones will allow calling of the emergency number even when the keypad is locked, which poses a particular problem if the number is easy to dial accidentally (e.g. 999, 000). Accidental emergency calls are even more likely if the user has programmed the emergency number into

pos: Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom in all member states of the European Union. Both 999 and 112 are used to contact all emergency services: Police, Fire Service, Ambulance Service, and Coastguard. (Standard advice for Mountain Rescue or Cave Rescue is to ask the emergency operator for the police, who oversee the communication with these two services.) Both numbers can be called from mobile phones with the keylock on, or without entering the PIN where that would otherwise be required. Although some mobile phones allow emergency calls to be attempted without a SIM card, at present the UK networks reject such calls. Since November 2009, an

neg: 000 (emergency telephone number) a potential emergency number, though existing numbering arrangements make this unfeasible due to homes and businesses being assigned numbers beginning with 911. Within Australia, 000 is a free call from any telephone. Dialling 000 (or 112) on most Australian GSM mobile phones will override any keypad lock, and if the caller's home network is out of range, the phone will attempt to use other carriers' networks to relay the call. Simcards are not required to connect mobile phones to Emergency Services. Interpreter services may also be available once connected to Emergency Services. Due to special configuration in their firmware, some

neg: Telephone booth accept both sterling and euro. Other services provided by these booths are internet access, SMS text messaging and ordinary phone services. Pay phones may still be used by mobile/cellular phone users if their phones become unusable, get stolen, or for other emergency uses. These uses may make the complete disappearance of pay phones in the near future less likely. Often, at least in emergency, a phone call can be made from a hotel or a shop, making public pay phones less needed. Under the Universal Service Obligation (USO), the Government legally requires telco Telstra to ensure standard phone services and

neg: Emergency telephone number numbers. The mobile phone and the SIM card have a preprogrammed list of emergency numbers. When the user tries to set up a call using an emergency number known by a GSM or 3G phone, the special emergency call setup takes place. The actual number is not even transmitted into the network, but the network redirects the emergency call to the local emergency desk. Most GSM mobile phones can dial emergency numbers even when the phone keyboard is locked, the phone is without a SIM card, emergency number is entered instead of the PIN or there is not a network

neg: Emergency telephone number mobile-phone and payphone 911 call to an emergency service call center, including phones that have never had service, or whose service has lapsed. As a result, there are programs that provide donated used mobile phones to victims of domestic violence and others especially likely to need emergency services. Over the next six years emergency responders will be able to better locate callers who dial 911 on their cellphones from indoors as the U.S. wireless industry improves caller-location for the majority of such calls.The "heightened location accuracy," available to supporting networks and handsets, will find callers through nearby devices connected to

neg: Virgin Media the company. The company provides dedicated internet and telecommunications services to businesses. Virgin Media owns Virgin Mobile Telecoms Limited, a UK-based Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) with contracts to use EE's carrier network, with over four million subscribers. Virgin Phone offers landline telephone services; it ranks as the number two service behind the former UK state monopoly, BT Group. On 1 April 2010, Virgin Media began to offer free home phone to mobile calls. Virgin Phone customers are able to call Virgin Mobile customers at no charge, within the Talk Plan specified periods. Virgin TV, the digital cable television service

neg: 112 (emergency telephone number) a primary or secondary emergency number choose either 911, 112 or both. 112 is one of two numbers (the other being the region's own emergency number) that can be dialed on most GSM phones even if the phone is locked. E112 is a location-enhanced version of 112. The telecom operator transmits the location information to the emergency centre. The EU Directive E112 (2003) requires mobile phone networks to provide emergency services with whatever information they have about the location a mobile call was made. This directive is based on the FCC's Enhanced 911 ruling in 2001. The "eCall" feature for

neg: 000 (emergency telephone number) the caller if they require the "Police, Fire, Ambulance?" and their location if calling from a mobile phone or nomadic service. The caller is then connected to the relevant emergency service answer point as requested by the caller. As soon as the emergency service call taker answers the call, any available caller location information is transferred to the emergency service; however, the emergency service call taker will still question the caller to obtain correct location details in order to dispatch the correct response. The caller's address is usually available to Telstra operators for fixed services in Australia even if the

neg: 999 (emergency telephone number) expensive operation can be conducted to trace the mobile phone to within a few metres. A number of smartphone apps can now be downloaded that assist with caller location by using the smartphone's satellite navigation features. Since 2014, smartphones will detect that an emergency call is being placed, and use any available location services (WiFi or GPS based location) to send an emergency SMS which also contains an identifier for the call. This is intended to be received by the mobile operator whilst the call is in progress. On some occasions callers will be put through to the wrong area

neg: Public safety answering point Public safety answering point A public-safety answering point (PSAP), sometimes called "public-safety access point", is a call center in Canada and the United States responsible for answering calls to an emergency telephone number for police, firefighting, and ambulance services. Trained telephone operators are also usually responsible for dispatching these emergency services. Most PSAPs are now capable of caller location for landline calls, and many can handle mobile phone locations as well (sometimes referred to as phase II location), where the mobile phone company has a handset location system. Some can also use voice broadcasting where outgoing voice mail can be

neg: Emergency medical services in Poland the emergency centre. The EU Directive E112 (2003) requires mobile phone networks to provide emergency services with whatever information they have about the location a mobile call was made. This directive is based on the American Federal Communications Commission's Enhanced 911 ruling in 2001. In Poland, there were two types of emergency ambulances, type R (now S), and type W (P), which are staffed as follows: The government of Poland has mandated significant changes within the EMS system. These will include more paramedic-led ambulances and less physician-led ambulances. In the proposed system Polish paramedics will perform ALS skills without a

neg: Telecommunications relay service the call is originating. If this information is not provided then the relay operator will be unable to complete the emergency call. Most IP relay services support many types of technologies, such as Web browser, mobile phone app, text messaging, WAP, instant messaging, and Text over IP (ToIP). Support for many technologies has made it possible to use almost any generic connected device to use a relay service, such as a personal computer, laptop, mobile phone, PDA, or other device capable of utilizing the connection methods provided by an IP relay provider. Video relay service (VRS) allows people who use

neg: History of telephone numbers in the United Kingdom price indication. In comparison, for many callers, calls to 01, 02 and 03 numbers had effectively become "free". As a result of ever increasing mobile phone ownership, and especially the introduction of mobile broadband in the UK, the 075xx number range was opened in October 2006. This joined the existing 07624, 077xx, 078xx and 079xx ranges. In 2006, the new 101 number for non-emergency calls to the police began trials in several areas with a call cost of 10 pence per call. The number was adopted nationally in 2011/2012. Calls now cost 15 pence per call from landlines and mobiles.

neg: Pocket dialing as being an advantage of certain flip phone models—specifically the Blackberry Pearl Flip. Newer versions of Android retain the 'Emergency call' facility on the lock screen; however, they require the user to key in the emergency telephone number in order to proceed with the call, thereby making an accidental emergency call less likely than in earlier Android versions. Pocket dialing Pocket dialing (also known as pocket calling or butt dialing) refers to the accidental placement of a phone call while a person's mobile phone or cordless phone is in the owner's pocket or handbag. The recipient of the call typically

neg: Orange UK to call such services being advised to transfer to an EE plan. Orange UK offered two mobile phone packages; pay as you go and pay monthly service plans. As with other prepaid plans, pay as you go mobile users are given the option to top-up their phone via a swipe card, over the internet, by voucher bought printed as a receipt from a till or via a credit or debit card. The pay monthly service was withdrawn for new customers and upgrades in 2015. Customers on existing pay monthly accounts can remain on their existing tariffs, however if they wish

neg: PageOne Communications to run a 2-way paging network in the UK. 2013 - PageOne launch the UK's first 'triple-resilient' pagers; offering dual-frequency paging and sms-fallback technology. 2009 - PageOne launch the UK's first 2-way paging service, including GPS location services and message read receipts. 2008 - 'Pulse' is launched to provide blue light emergency services with an exclusive free paging 'channel' that prioritises emergency services network traffic. 2007 - Paging is recognised as having provided an effective communications link during the London bomb attacks on 7 July 2007. During the attacks GSM mobile phone networks suffered from network congestion that prevented calls

neg: Australian Capital Territory Rural Fire Service Australian Qualifications Framework. Call-out is arranged by Brigades, and through the ACT Emergency Services Agency, using mobile phone text messages and emails. Brigades have various numbers and combinations of: Communications are coordinated with the ACT Emergency Services and New South Wales Rural Fire Service. Australian Capital Territory Rural Fire Service The ACT Rural Fire Service is a branch of the Australian Capital Territory Emergency Services Agency. It is responsible for the prevention, detection and extinguishment of all bushfires within the ACT, as well as assisting the other branches of ESA. There are very few records regarding bushfires in the Australian

neg: 111 (emergency telephone number) SIM card installed. Mobile networks will treat a 111 call as the highest priority, disconnecting another call if necessary to allow it to go through. If the mobile network your phone is connected to has limited or no coverage where you're calling from, an attempt will automatically be made to access another mobile network to ensure the call is connected. Upon dialling 111, the caller will first hear a recorded message: "You have dialed 111 emergency; your call is being connected." This message was added in 2008 to allow people who have accidentally dialled 111 to hang up straight away.

neg: GSM services a mobile phone operator may decide to implement in addition to the standard GSM ones. When someone places a call to a mobile phone, they dial the telephone number (also called a MSISDN) associated with the phone user and the call is routed to the mobile phone operator's Gateway Mobile Switching Centre. The Gateway MSC, as the name suggests, acts as the "entrance" from exterior portions of the Public Switched Telephone Network onto the provider's network. As noted above, the phone is free to roam anywhere in the operator's network or on the networks of roaming partners, including in other

neg: International call card). These popular telecommunications products allow users to initiate an international call from almost anywhere in the world. These cards typically offer rates lower than most traditional long distance products and services, and can be used via landline, cellular phone, PBX, and some VoIP services, as well as from some airports and hotels. In the United Kingdom, there are various ways to make an international call. For users with access to a landline: For mobile phone users, the choices used to be very limited but it is no longer the case as mobile phone network operators roll out new pricing

neg: Samsung SCH-U470 Europe, the phone is known as the F210, and is sold under T-Mobile UK and O2 Telecom. In Australia, it was mistakenly titled the Jukebox, until executives clarified the error. The basic features of the handset beyond call functionality include an alarm clock, a calculator with tip calculations and unit/currency converter, calendar, stopwatch, world clock, and notepad. The phone allows creating an "In Case of Emergency" (ICE) contact list for emergency access when the device is locked. The user interface of the Verizon device only has English and Spanish display languages. The "Juke" includes 2 GB of internal flash memory,

neg: GSM services phone on the global Public Switched Telephone Network. The user dials the telephone number, presses the "send" or "talk" key, and the mobile phone sends a call setup request message to the mobile phone network via the nearest mobile phone base transceiver station (BTS). The call setup request message is handled next by the Mobile Switching Center, which checks the subscriber's record held in the Visitor Location Register to see if the outgoing call is allowed. If so, the MSC then routes the call in the same way that a telephone exchange does in a fixed network. If the subscriber

neg: Mobile phone jammer is illegal in many jurisdictions, especially without a licence. When operational, such devices also block access to emergency services. Since these jammers actively broadcast radio signals, they may or may not be legal to possess or operate based on the specific laws of the area one is in. Mobile phone jammer A mobile phone jammer or blocker is a device which deliberately transmits signals on the same radio frequencies as mobile phones, disrupting the communication between the phone and the cell-phone base station, effectively disabling mobile phones within the range of the jammer, preventing them from receiving signals and from

neg: PulsePoint PulsePoint PulsePoint is a mobile phone application that allows users to view and receive alerts on calls being responded to by fire departments and emergency medical services. The app's main feature, and where its name comes from, is that it sends alerts to users at the same time that dispatchers are sending the call to emergency crews. The goal is to increase the possibility that a victim in cardiac arrest will receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) quickly. The app uses the current location of a user and will alert them if someone in their vicinity is in need of CPR. The

neg: Mobile phone features commonly used data application on mobile phones is SMS text messaging. The first SMS text message was sent from a computer to a mobile phone in 1992 in the UK, while the first person-to-person SMS from phone to phone was sent in Finland in 1993. The first mobile news service, delivered via SMS, was launched in Finland in 2000. Mobile news services are expanding with many organizations providing "on-demand" news services by SMS. Some also provide "instant" news pushed out by SMS. Mobile payments were first trialled in Finland in 1998 when two Coca-Cola vending machines in Espoo were enabled

neg: Mobile telephony the terrorists. The Finnish government decided in 2005 that the fastest way to warn citizens of disasters was the mobile phone network. In Japan, mobile phone companies provide immediate notification of earthquakes and other natural disasters to their customers free of charge. In the event of an emergency, disaster response crews can locate trapped or injured people using the signals from their mobile phones. An interactive menu accessible through the phone's Internet browser notifies the company if the user is safe or in distress. In Finland rescue services suggest hikers carry mobile phones in case of emergency even when deep

neg: Robocall mobile phone contracts from a specific mobile phone operator. In its simplest form, this method offers the ability to prevent further calls from phone numbers, once they are known to be a source of robocalls. Many mobile apps can prevent robocalls with a user generated blacklist. For landlines there are standalone call blockers which connect to the telephone. Various models work on blacklisting and whitelisting principles. Call blockers received attention from publications including Which? and Consumer Reports in the United Kingdom and United States respectively. In the UK BT operates a service for landlines called Choose to Refuse which allows

neg: Emergency medical services in Austria option to those patients who, in other EMS systems, might generate low-acuity ambulance calls or emergency department visits. Occasionally, the visiting GP will contact the EMS dispatcher and order a "Krankentransport", should it be determined following medical assessment, that the patient could be cared for in a safer and better manner in a hospital. The nationwide emergency number for emergency medical services in Austria is 144. This number can be called toll-free from any phone (fixed-line, mobile or phone booth). This also applies to all the other emergency and most of the non-emergency numbers mentioned below. Alternatively the European emergency

neg: Mobile phone jammer Mobile phone jammer A mobile phone jammer or blocker is a device which deliberately transmits signals on the same radio frequencies as mobile phones, disrupting the communication between the phone and the cell-phone base station, effectively disabling mobile phones within the range of the jammer, preventing them from receiving signals and from transmitting them. Jammers can be used in practically any location, but are found primarily in places where a phone call would be particularly disruptive because silence is expected, such as entertainment venues. Because they disrupt the operations of legitimate mobile phone services, the use of such blocking devices

neg: Telephone numbers in Belarus 24 — Digital PSTN 2 25 — Mobile phone operator 29 — Mobile phone operators - common code for all mobile phone operators except "Life :)" 33 — Mobile phone operator MTS Belarus 44 — Mobile phone operators Velcom All special numbers are dialed with a trunk prefix 8. 600 100 - Internet access billed on local phone bill 601 - Personal radio communications 604 - Network of Presidential Administration 602 - Audiotex services 606 100 1111 - Prepaid card internet service 800 - Toll-free Direct Call 801 - Toll-free directory services "Green number" 803 - Toll-free surveys 805 -

neg: Sunamganj Sadar Upazila away from the modern technology. For instance, except few people, nobody knows how can use an internet or just making a phone call. However, now-a- days, all most, all walks of people know that how can use modern technology instead without formal education. There are five first class international standard mobile phone company like grameen phone, Banglalink etc. and national mobile phone company teletolk has been installing communication tower, BTS, and related to its even every place from city to rural areas. This area is becoming the most probable business sector for mobile companies to make a business. Now everyone

neg: BPO security BPO security Information security has emerged as a significant concern for banks, mobile phone companies and other businesses that use call centers or business process outsourcing, or BPO. There have been instances of theft of personal data reported from call centers. Britain's Financial Services Authority examined standards in India in April 2005 and the Banking Code Standards Board audited eight India-based call centres in 2006, handling more than a million calls per month from the UK. the examinations did not extend to Africa-based call centres staffed by workers of Indian origin. The BCSB report stated that "Customer data is subject

neg: Robert Farquharson King's wife could not recall her husband relaying this conversation to her that day. Another witness, Shane Atkinson, who discovered Farquharson on the side of the road, said Farquharson twice refused to call the 000 emergency number, preferring instead to travel to Winchelsea to tell his wife of his children's fate. The court transcript reveals Atkinson had to borrow a mobile phone to call police from the Winchelsea police station, which was closed for the night. This backs up the evidence given originally at the committal hearing that no mobile phone was available. Matthew Naughton, an associate professor and specialist

neg: 999 (emergency telephone number) can dial 112 without unlocking the keypad, a feature that can save time in emergencies but that also causes some accidental calls. All mobile telephones will make emergency calls with the keypad locked. Originally a valid SIM card was not required to make a 999/112 emergency call in the UK. However, as a result of high numbers of untraceable hoax calls being made, this feature is now blocked by all UK networks. Most UK mobile telephone handsets will dial 999/112 without a SIM inserted (or with a locked/invalid SIM), but the call will not be connected. Following the blocking of

neg: Heino murders him in the neck. Elise Heino made a call to emergency services on her mobile phone, but it was cut off by the second bullet. Salo, Pesola and Mäntylä packed the bodies into large sports bags, placed them in Martti Heino's car, drove the car back to Espoo, and dumped the bags into the sea off the Espoo coast. On the following day the boys broke into the Heino household and stole a number of mobile phones. The bodies were discovered by the police on 4 September after an extensive search. The motive for the murder was that Österman had

neg: One Night @ the Call Center rods began to yield slowly, they start to panic. They are unable to call for help as there is no mobile phone network at that place, but Shyam's mobile phone starts ringing. The phone call is from God, who speaks modern English. He speaks to all of them and gives them suggestions to improve their life, and advises them on how to get their vehicle out of the construction site. The conversation with God motivates the group to such an extent that they get ready to face their problems with utmost determination and motivation. Meanwhile Vroom and Shyam hatch a

neg: Vodafone UK Globalstar to develop and launch a satellite to provide a Satellite phone service. On 5 January 1999, Vodafone UK connected its 5 millionth customer. The first 3G voice call in the UK was made in 2001 on the Vodafone UK network, with an initial network of 30 base stations in the Thames Valley. In 2003, Vodafone introduced the 'Speaking Phone', a phone for blind & visually impaired users. Vodafone Mobile Connect 3G was launched in 2005, a data card that uses the network's 3G capabilities to connect laptop users to the internet. Vodafone UK won Mobile Retailer's 'National Retailer of

neg: Caller ID and often offer advice (such as prefixing their dialing with *82) on how to get their call to the intended called party. Emergency services will most likely be able to show the restricted number using a service called "calling line identification restriction override" (CLIRO), or by using general ANI services. These features create a cat-and-mouse game type of situation, whereby subscribers must purchase additional services in order to cancel out other services. Prefixing a telephone number with the following codes disables Caller ID on a per-call basis: Other countries and networks vary, however on GSM mobile networks, callers may dial

neg: Emergency medical services in Germany (fixed-line, mobile or phone booth). The German police is available toll-free at 110 (or alternatively via the 112 operator). Dispatchers speak German and the languages of neighboring countries in border areas; in some bigger cities (i.e. Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne or Munich), they might also understand English and other language(s). Although it is not official, some mobile phones accept the American "911" as an emergency number in Germany, but it will not work from fixed-line phones or phone booths. There are different specified qualifications in German EMS: the EMT level ("Rettungssanitäter"), the Paramedic level ("Rettungsassistent", "Notfallsanitäter") and the emergency physician ("Notarzt").

neg: B144 B144 Israel Bezeq 144 services include the online business directory, also optimized for mobile; the 144 call center, and mobile app. These services allow users to find phone number and address information for any business or individual in Israel. The website also includes stuff such as: street- and house-level photos, navigation, traffic jams, and more. This service started out as a call center where operators connected callers to their requested numbers. Later, the service was upgraded to provide requested phone numbers manually, using info cards. In the 1980s, the first automated systems were rolled out, which found phone number details

neg: Call box Rather than a telephone, these devices simply have four buttons to push: blue for accident or other emergency (send police/fire/medical), green for major service (mechanical breakdown, send a tow truck), black for minor service (out-of-gas or flat tire), and yellow for cancel. Roads in other places may have voice call boxes, though these are more expensive, and must either be wired long distances, or rely on spotty rural mobile phone service. Many cellular callboxes in California now include a TTY interface for hearing-impaired users. Call boxes have the advantage that their location is immediately known, while mobile phone users in

neg: TATP Benchmark The TATP benchmark simulates a typical Home Location Register (HLR) database used by a mobile carrier. The HLR is an application mobile network operators use to store all relevant information about valid subscribers, including the mobile phone number, the services to which they have subscribed, access privileges, and the current location of the subscriber's handset. Every call to and from a mobile phone involves look ups against the HLRs of both parties, making it is a perfect example of a demanding, high-throughput environment where the workloads are pertinent to all applications requiring extreme speed: telecommunications, financial services, gaming, event processing

neg: Voice over IP This rating is subject to some debate given the complexity of call routing created by number portability. With GSM number portability now in place, LCR providers can no longer rely on using the network root prefix to determine how to route a call. Instead, they must now determine the actual network of every number before routing the call. Therefore, VoIP solutions also need to handle MNP when routing a voice call. In countries without a central database, like the UK, it might be necessary to query the GSM network about which home network a mobile phone number belongs to. As

neg: Sipgate of the Kamailio World Conference & Exhibition. In January 2013, the firm entered the German mobile phone market as a full MVNO. Sipgate's German mobile phone services run over the E-Plus network. sipgate team Introduced in 2009, the product is a hosted business phone system (PBX) providing online management of phone services for 1 to 250 Users. All billing, end user management, call management, etc. is through an online portal. A mobile solution was released in Germany in early 2013 that can be integrated with the 'Team' business VoIP service. SIM cards can be used as extensions in the Team

neg: Emergency Cell Broadcast System location-specific, meaning a message is sent by designating an area where mobile phones within it shall receive the emergency alert. In contrast, the SMS-based emergency alert broadcast system is sent to devices through their mobile phone numbers which meant that the NDDRMC had to send emergency alert messages through telecommunications service providers. The process of the SMS-based system could take hours. Emergency Cell Broadcast System Emergency Cell Broadcast System (ECBS) is an alert broadcast system in the Philippines, designed to disseminate emergency alerts and warnings to mobile devices via cell broadcast services (CBS) Telecommunications companies and the National Disaster Risk

neg: Morgan's Hill 1998 Mercury Communications were granted permission to add four microwave dishes and equipment cabinets to the existing masts. Mercury were a mobile phone network provider who needed more coverage as sales of mobile phones soared. Planning applications from Orange and Vodafone to add mobile phone equipment to the masts also exist. Signage on the masts and building suggest involvement from three mobile networks – Vodafone, Orange and O2 – as well as Airwave Communications Ltd who administer radio and data technology for all emergency services. However, signage added in 2015 suggests that Arqiva is the owner and operator of the

neg: Death of Ben Zygier the bathroom, out of view of surveillance cameras. A photograph from surveillance footage during Yigal Amir's incarceration in Unit 15 appears to show a separate, adjacent room from the main cell containing a shower and bathroom. A supposed transcript of a phone call from the prison to the Magen David Adom emergency services was read aloud on Channel 10 news, in which the caller reportedly said, "he's hanged himself", and requested a mobile intensive care unit. An investigation by the Israel Prison Service concluded that Zygier hanged himself from the bars in his cell bathroom. Zygier took a sheet to

neg: Emergency medical services in Portugal medical services around the world. In Portugal, the free of charge phone number for emergency medical service is the Europe wide 112 (emergency telephone number). When someone dials "1-1-2", the call is directed to a PSP Police dispatch center. The PSP dispatch center redirects the call accordingly for the type of emergency to the appropriate emergency services. In continental Portugal medical emergency calls are directed to one of INEM's urgent patient guidance centers () or CODU's. There are four regional CODU's; Lisbon, Porto, Coimbra and Faro. Additionally, there is the CODU-Mar that responds to maritime medical emergencies. Under the coordination

neg: Text messaging emergency services. In the UK, text messages can be used to call emergency services only after registering with the emergency SMS service. This service is primarily aimed at people who, by reason of disability, are unable to make a voice call. It has recently been promoted as a means for walkers and climbers to call emergency services from areas where a voice call is not possible due to low signal strength. In the US, there is a move to require both traditional operators and Over-the-top messaging providers to support texting to 911. In Asia, SMS is used for tsunami warnings

neg: 2004 Morecambe Bay cockling disaster time. The Chinese had been imported unlawfully via containers into Liverpool, and were hired out through local criminal agents of international Chinese Triads. The cockles to be collected are best found at low tide on sand flats at Warton Sands, near Hest Bank. The Chinese workers were unfamiliar with local geography, language, and custom. They were cut off by the incoming tide in the bay around 9:30 pm. The emergency services were alerted by a mobile phone call made by one of the workers, who spoke little English and was only able to say "sinking water" before the call was

neg: 2006 Madrid–Barajas Airport bombing buy a mobile phone with which Portu would warn of the bombing, and told them which places they should phone: the DYA headquarters, a Basque roadside assistance association, in Bilbao, Madrid's firemen and the emergency telephone number 112. Nonetheless, Portu would eventually also call a Basque emergency number. On December 27, Portu, Sarasola and San Sebastián stole a Renault Trafic at gunpoint in the French town of Luz Ardiden and held its owner for three days in a cabin located in the Pyrenees. During that time, he was forced to send mobile messages to his mother, stating that he was

neg: Globalcell Mobile to call internationally and low cost rates within the UK for Pay as you go customers not wanting to be tied down by a mobile phone contract. They are able to do this due to buying capacity in bulk from a much larger UK network. GloballCell (UK) ceased trading as of 28 November 2010. Globalcell Mobile Globalcell Mobile was a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) was based in the UK and was established in late 2008. The service offered customers a SIM-only pre-paid service with all customer interaction conducted in the customers' native language, which includes Polish, Russian, Lithuanian, Slovak

neg: Mobile device forensics occasionally, text messages) from wireless carriers often serve as "back up" evidence obtained after the mobile phone has been seized. These are useful when the call history and/or text messages have been deleted from the phone, or when location-based services are not turned on. Call detail records and cell site (tower) dumps can show the phone owner's location, and whether they were stationary or moving (i.e., whether the phone's signal bounced off the same side of a single tower, or different sides of multiple towers along a particular path of travel). Carrier data and device data together can be used

neg: Mobile dial code that an advertiser defines - a voice or IVR call, a text message, a video or audio clip, a mobile coupon, game or an application. A type of mobile dial codes are USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) codes, which can be used for communicating with the service provider's computers (i.e. for WAP browsing, prepaid callback service, mobile-money services, location-based content services, menu-based information services, and as part of configuring the phone on the network). A mobile dial code is not the same as an abbreviated dial code which only supports voice calls, basically abbreviating a standard phone number and connecting

neg: Call box well as the Florida's Turnpike. These boxes were all removed by 2014 after a 65-percent decrease in usage over an eight-year period, in line with increased mobile phone usage. The boxes were costing the state roughly $1 million per year to keep operational. On many North American college and university campuses today, callboxes are installed at various locations around campus so that students, staff, or visitors can contact campus security in case of an emergency. Often, these are voice call boxes using a mobile phone service, and are solar-powered, so no wiring need be extended to the middle of a

neg: Emergency telephone number that has credit. For example, Latin American networks typically do not allow emergency calls without a SIM. The GSM phones may regard some phone numbers with one or two digits as special service codes. It might be impossible to make an emergency call to numbers like "03" or "92" with a mobile phone. In those cases the emergency number has to be called by using a landline telephone or with an additional first/last digit (for example 922 or 992 instead of 92 and 003 or 033 instead of 03). In the United States, the FCC requires networks to route every

neg: HealthLinkBC include: FHA Hospice Palliative Care – after-hours, clients call 8-1-1 and receive a customized service that supplements their ongoing palliative care program; and, Yukon Territory – when a caller accesses 8-1-1 from the Yukon, they receive a customized service that reflects the resources and services available to their locale. HealthLinkBC HealthLinkBC is a government-funded telehealth service launched in 2001, which provides non-emergency health information to the residents of British Columbia, Canada through combined telephone, internet, mobile app, and print resources. HealthLink BC has two dedicated phone numbers 8-1-1 and 7-1-1 for hearing impaired callers. Health service representatives assist callers with

neg: Upptalk Upptalk Upptalk (formerly known as Yuilop) is a proprietary voice-over-IP service and software application that provides mobile phone numbers in the cloud and allows users to call or text any phone for free whether or not the device receiving the calls and texts has the Yuilop application. Yuilop provided phone numbers can be accessed across any device on the internet (IP) and are reachable via regular phone calls (PSTN) from any landline or mobile phone, and SMS. Calls and chats to other users within the yuilop network service are free of charge. Unlike most other VoIP services, yuilop does not

neg: 7 July 2005 London bombings it was forced to initiate emergency procedures to prioritise emergency calls (ACCOLC, the 'access overload control'). Other mobile phone networks also reported failures. The BBC speculated that the telephone system was shut down by security services to prevent the possibility of mobile phones being used to trigger bombs. Although this option was considered, it became clear later that the intermittent unavailability of both mobile and landline telephone systems was due only to excessive usage. ACCOLC was activated only in a radius around Aldgate Tube Station because key emergency personnel did not have ACCOLC-enabled mobile phones. The communications failures during the

neg: Roadside assistance members through the use of fleet assistance vehicles. In the case of the UK AA, these were traditionally motorcycle-mounted prior to the introduction of vans. When communication technology and availability made it practical, a network of emergency phone boxes, placed at intervals by the roadside, was introduced in some countries. In recent years, the widespread ownership of mobile phones has, to a large degree, supplanted the need for an emergency phone network. Mobile technology has led to the development of free applications (apps). In some areas, especially in Europe, there is a government-sponsored or -sanctioned automobile membership association, and the

neg: Telephone numbers in Uruguay etc.). Call to Montevideo Call to Colonia When mobile telephony arrived in Uruguay, the only company set up the country was Movicom BellSouth. Mobile phone numbers would begin with digits 09, followed by a unique number of 6 digits: 09xxxxxx. In 1994, ANTEL decided to start its own mobile phone service, creating Ancel, which today is unified to Antel, using this brand to both services.. This meant a numbering change for mobile telephony. One number was assigned to each company to identify numbers of each one. This digit would go between 09 and the number. Movicom was assigned number 4,

neg: Business telephone system cellular handsets, smartphones and PDA phones by provisioning them as extensions. Mobile PBX services also can include fixed-line phones. Mobile PBX systems are different from other hosted PBX systems that simply forward data or calls to mobile phones by allowing the mobile phone itself, through the use of buttons, keys and other input devices, to control PBX phone functions and to manage communications without having to call into the system first. A mobile PBX may exploit the functionality available in smartphones to run custom applications to implement the PBX specific functionality. In addition, a mobile PBX may create extension identifiers

neg: GSM services coverage, or their battery has gone flat/removed, then the Visited MSC routes the call to a pre-determined Call Forward Not Reachable (CFNRc) number. Once again, the operator may decide to set this value by default to the voice mail of the mobile so that callers can leave a message. A roaming user may want to avoid these forwarding services in the visited network as roaming charges will apply. In the United States and Canada, callers pay the cost of connecting to the Gateway MSC of the subscriber's phone company, regardless of the actual location of the phone. As mobile numbers

neg: Healthcare in Brazil and, as a result, emergency services in Brazil still lack a consistent standard of care. Pre-hospital emergency medical services use a combination of basic ambulances staffed by technicians and advanced units with physicians on board. No universal phone number exists for emergency calls, and the dispatch center physician determines whether the call merits an emergency transport or not. Pre-hospital physicians have variable training in emergency care, with training backgrounds ranging from internal medicine to obstetrics to surgery. Similar to the early years of EM in the United States, emergency department physicians in Brazil come from different specialty backgrounds, many of

neg: Mobile blogging smartphone, including the ability to create multimedia, capturing decent images, and connectivity options. The intersection between the inherent design functions of the phone with the ongoing, personal nature of both a phone and a blog is how the concept of mobile blogging began. In the case study of SmartBlog, a system created to support mobile blogging, key principles were developed after assessing bloggers' needs. These include: The client, in this instance, refers to a Thin client. A "moblog" platform offers the capability to use a phone for administration, editing and writing from a phone or smartphone browser. There are services

neg: Hatzalah where coverage is not strong enough, for example on a summer weekend. When this happens, coordinators may assign an on-call rotation. The rotation may still respond from their houses, or they may stay at the garage through their shift. In such periods, Hatzalah functions closer to a typical EMS crew setup, though the dispatchers may still seek non-on-call members to respond, and there will still often be a non-ambulance responder as first dispatched, even if that responder starts from the base. In Israel, United Hatzalah relies upon mobile phone technologies which include an SOS app and a special emergency phone

neg: Call sign trail name). Some wireless networking protocols also allow an SSID or a MAC address to be set as an identifier, but with no guarantee that this label will remain unique. International regulations no longer require a call sign for broadcast stations; however, they are still required for broadcasters in many countries, including the United States. Mobile phone services do not use call signs on-air because the phones and their users are not licensed, instead the cell operator is the one holding the license. However, the U.S. still assigns a call sign to each mobile-phone spectrum license. In the United States,

neg: VascoDe Technologies services and applications to simple phone users. VascoDe was established in 2009. VascoDe has developed the VascoDe Client-less Mobile Interaction (CMI) system, a patented technology of client-less interaction and call control interface that works on all mobile handsets—with no need to install software on the device. The CMI system is managed and maintained by mobile operators from the network, freeing mobile operators from the burden and costs of installing and maintaining software on mobile devices. The CMI enables mobile operators to enter the market of services and applications and provide mobile applications that work on all phones, such as Gmail,

neg: GSM services the phones in this area is being called, that is the MSRN maps back to the IMSI of the original phone number dialled. The MSC pages all the mobile phone masts in the area that the IMSI is registered in order to inform the phone that there is an incoming call for it. If the subscriber answers, a speech path is created through the Visiting MSC and Gateway MSC back to the network of the person making the call, and a normal telephone call follows. It is also possible that the phone call is not answered. If the subscriber is

neg: Vodafone Germany Vodafone Germany Vodafone GmbH is a German subsidiary of Vodafone Group plc, a company based in the UK. It provides mobile phone, DSL, LTE, cable internet, landlines, cable TV and IPTV services to customers in Germany. As of the second quarter of 2016, Vodafone GmbH has 41.89 million mobile customers in Germany, making it the second largest provider of mobile phone services in Germany (the largest being Telefónica Germany.) The company's headquarters are in the Düsseldorf suburb of Heerdt, with regional offices throughout Germany. The company in its present form resulted from Vodafone's takeover of the German engineering group Mannesmann

neg: 000 (emergency telephone number) 1223 — as this service cannot be connected through Triple Zero"" which temporary replaced their front end announcement While Telstra records show 95 emergency call centre employees rostered during the 24-hour period on 7 February 2009, call pick up delays were evident due to lengthy delays at the SECC level, being ESTA. Telstra agents were left tied up on phone calls with callers, waiting for emergency services to answer, thus calls in the 000 queue were unable to be answered. Callers in a queue waiting for a Telstra agent to answer the phone were played an RVA every 30 seconds

neg: 9-1-1 Tapping Protocol finger, pen, key, etc., on the mouthpiece of the phone or the speaker section of the call box. Two tapping patterns are used in order to distinguish the type of assistance requested: a steady tapping pattern indicates a request for Police assistance, while a repeated two-tap pattern indicates a request for Fire and Emergency Medical Service (“EMS”) response. The person reporting the emergency should employ the appropriate tapping method for at least 90 seconds, and ideally until the requested emergency services arrive. If possible, the person should remain at the pay phone or call box location to direct arriving Police,

neg: Texting while driving that the use of a mobile phone is allowed while in traffic, if it occurs while the vehicle is stopped and a start-stop system has turned the engine off. Any use of a mobile phone is forbidden if the vehicle is moving. This does not apply, however, to hands-free devices. In 2009, the New Zealand Government introduced new clauses to its Land Transport (Road User) Rule, which ban any use of mobile phones while driving, except for emergency calling to 111 or *555 (only if unsafe or impracticable to stop the vehicle to make the call). The Government of Sweden,

neg: Voice short codes Voice short codes Voice short codes enable UK mobile phone users to dial a 5-digit short code (e.g. 61500) as an alternative to a standard geographic (e.g. 01 or 02 prefix) or non-geographic (e.g. 08 prefix) long number. The consumer pays anything between 0p and £2/min. The short code is forwarded to a standard geographic number - typically an existing call centre or interactive voice response (IVR) system. The use of non-geographic telephone numbers in the United Kingdom has been a major cause of bill shock. Pollster YouGov found that 49% of mobile users have been surprised to see how

neg: GSM services countries. So the first job of the Gateway MSC is to determine the current location of the mobile phone in order to connect the call. It does this by consulting the Home Location Register (HLR), which, as described above, knows which Visitor Location Register (VLR) the phone is associated with, if any. When the HLR receives this query message, it determines whether the call should be routed to another number (called a divert), or if it is to be routed directly to the mobile. When the call arrives at the Visited MSC, the MSRN is used to determine which of

neg: Murder of Sophie Lancaster her boyfriend. A 15-year-old witness told police: "They were running over and just kicking her in the head and jumping up and down on her head". One witness used a mobile phone to call for emergency services saying: "We need... we need an ambulance at Bacup Park, this mosher has just been banged because he’s a mosher". Witnesses said that afterwards, "The killers celebrated their attack on the goths – or "moshers" – by telling friends afterwards that they had "done summat [something] good," and claiming: "There's two moshers nearly dead up Bacup park – you wanna see them –

neg: Mobile phone towers near the owner of the phone. The movements of a mobile phone user can be tracked by their service provider and if desired, by law enforcement agencies and their governments. Both the SIM card and the handset can be tracked. China has proposed using this technology to track the commuting patterns of Beijing city residents. In the UK and US, law enforcement and intelligence services use mobile phones to perform surveillance operations. They possess technology that enables them to activate the microphones in mobile phones remotely in order to listen to conversations which take place near the phone. Hackers

neg: ForgetMeNot Software SMS. A subsidiary of ForgetMeNot, ForgetMeNot Africa provides these services to mobile telecommunications companies in Africa. Financial institutions can use ForgetMeNot Software to turn every phone, no matter how basic, into a mobile banking and authentication device. Abnormal or suspect transactions can instantly be verified with a mobile phone message to the customer. Bank account holders can also have fully archived, two-way interaction using chat, email or SMS directly from their mobile phone with the bank. ForgetMeNot Software also integrates with companies’ customer relationship management systems. Simple one-way messaging systems don't provide a cost effective or elegant mechanism for customer

neg: The People's Operator the Sprint and T-Mobile networks in the United States. It uses the virtual network aggregator Transatel to connect to the EE network. Since it was launched, TPO has offered pay-as-you-go services. The organisation does not have stores, operating entirely online, but it has an in-house call centre in the UK. At launch, the costs of calls and texts were deemed competitive with other mobile phone operators, costing 12.5p/minute for calls (with free calls between TPO users), 7.5p/text and 12.5p/MB for data. It was noted that the company may need to offer a better data rate, which was later halved. TPO

neg: Features of Skype and often useless because people have found ways to create custom quotes. Skype users can call landline and mobile phone numbers (previously known as "SkypeOut") using "Skype Credit" or a calling subscription. Additionally, users can purchase a "Skype Number" (previously called "SkypeIn" and "Online Number") that lets contacts call their Skype client from a landline or mobile phone. The ability to call landline or mobile phones from Skype was originally branded as "SkypeOut", but this term has been dropped in favor of "Calls to mobiles and landlines". Skype users can call phone numbers, including landline and mobile phones, for a

neg: Telephone call placing a telephone call, new technologies allow different methods for initiating a telephone call, such as voice dialing. Voice over IP technology allows calls to be made through a PC, using a service like Skype. Other services, such as toll-free dial-around enable callers to initiate a telephone call through a third party without exchanging phone numbers. Originally, no phone calls could be made without first talking to the Switchboard operator. Using 21st century mobile phones does not require the use of an operator to complete a phone call. The use of headsets is becoming more common for placing or receiving

neg: Public safety answering point be necessary to relay the call to the PSAP that does handle that type of call. The U.S. requires caller location capability on the part of all phone companies, including mobile ones, but there is no federal law requiring PSAPs to be able to receive such information. There are roughly 6100 primary and secondary PSAPs in the U.S. Personnel working for PSAPs can become voting members of the National Emergency Number Association (NENA). Emergency dispatchers working in PSAPs can become certified with the National Academies of Emergency Dispatch (NAED), and a PSAP can become an NAED Accredited Center of Excellence.

neg: GSM services to get from the GMSC to the VMSC and the second to get from the VMSC to the Call Forward Busy or Call Forward No Reply number (typically the voice mailbox) in the subscriber's country. However, some networks' GMSCs connect unanswered calls directly, keeping the voice signal entirely within the home country and thus avoiding the double charge. During a GSM call, speech is converted from analogue sound waves to digital data by the phone itself, and transmitted through the mobile phone network by digital means. (Though older parts of the fixed Public Switched Telephone Network may use analog transmission.)

neg: Mobile number portability (flexible number register) may be used to manage a database of ported out/ported in numbers for call routing. Service providers and carriers who route messages and voice calls to MNP-enabled countries might use home location register (HLR) query services to find out the correct network of a mobile phone number. A number of such services exist, which query the operator's HLR over the SS7 signalling network in order to determine the current network of a specified mobile phone number prior to attempted routing of messaging or voice traffic. MNP is important for telecoms markets because it removes a bar to

neg: SMS short codes are used for OPTOUT commands. There are specialist companies such as MMG Mobile Marketing Group which provide these services to businesses and enterprises. All commercial satellite phone networks except ACeS and OptusSat support SMS. While early Iridium handsets only support incoming SMS, later models can also send messages. The price per message varies for different networks. Unlike some mobile phone networks, there is no extra charge for sending international SMS or to send one to a different satellite phone network. SMS can sometimes be sent from areas where the signal is too poor to make a voice call.

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neg: ARGOsearch ARGOsearch ARGOsearch allows users to search recordings for spoken words, phone numbers and dates associated with a conversation, i.e. the audio recording, call notes, transcriptions, and meta-data. ARGOsearch is a spin-off from Calltrunk - a cloud-based call recording and call management business that provides services to consumers, SMBs and large enterprises. ARGOsearch was developed on Calltrunk's OpenVoice Platform. The ARGOsearch software, available for computers and mobile devices, enables users to record phone calls and search them for verbal information. Subscribers store spoken data from mobiles, land lines, Skype or a dictaphone, and upload them into an online storage bank. They

neg: Twig Com to GSM+GPS mobile telematics equipment. The company launched what it later called "the first mobile phone and a GPS navigator integrated in one product", the Benefon Esc!, in late 1999, followed by the Benefon Track in 2000. The Esc! was splashproof and featured a large, greyscale LCD. Esc! allowed for users to load maps onto the phone, to trace their position and movement, and to call or send their coordinates via SMS to a list of set numbers by setting an "Emergency Key". It also featured a "Friend Find" service, whereby users with Esc! handsets could track each other's locations

neg: ACCOLC to restrict non-essential access to cellular phone networks during emergencies. This actively prevents unnecessary usage from congesting the cell networks, thus allowing emergency services personnel priority for communications. It also serves to control information flow in and out of a declared emergency area. Mobile networks can become overwhelmed by a high concentration of calls that often occur immediately after a major incident. Reliable access to the mobile networks, even during times when an exceptionally large number of calls are being made, is achieved by installing a special SIM (subscriber identity module) card in the telephone handset. Special SIMs are only

neg: European 112 Day European 112 Day European 112 Day is an international day that is annually held on February 11. It was introduced by the European Union and aims to promote the existence and appropriate use of the Europe-wide emergency number 112. In addition to the national emergency telephone numbers, the Europe-wide emergency telephone number 112 was introduced in 1991 in order to make a common emergency call available in every member state of the European Union. Since December 2008, the emergency call services can be reached from all fixed and mobile networks and free of charges with the common telephone number 112.

neg: Voice call continuity Voice call continuity The 3GPP has defined the Voice Call Continuity (VCC) specifications in order to describe how a voice call can be persisted, as a mobile phone moves between circuit switched and packet switched radio domains (3GPP TS 23.206). Many mobile phones are becoming available that support both cellular and other broadband radio technologies. For example, the Nokia N Series and E Series devices support both GSM and WiFi. Similar devices from Sony Ericsson, BlackBerry, Samsung, HTC, Motorola and even the Apple iPhone provide comparable dual mode technology. WiMAX support is also being added and further handsets are emerging