Mobile phone coverage
Submitted: Saturday, Mar 19, 2005 at 13:32
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Member - Steve (ACT)
Just flicking through a magazine and came across an article, here is a small bit-
"Out on the trail you'll need a mobile phone to summon help if needed. 000 is the normal emergency number but with a mobile phone you can dial 112 and this wilil cross over all networks and get you through, even if you are in a dead area for your own carrier. This could be important one day. Remember it."
Has anyone else heard of this or used it, maybe it's common knowledge and I'm the last to find out. I don't want to ring to find out if it works!!
If there are others that haven't heard of this, I thought it might be a bit of useful infomation.
Snady
Reply By: Member - Craig M (NSW) - Sunday, Mar 20, 2005 at 11:18
Sunday, Mar 20, 2005 at 11:18
Hi,
I just recently purchased a Nokia 6225 CDMA, and i read in part of its literature that users of CDMA phones should diall 000 not 112 as sometimes it wont work.
Couldnt find the info i read so i did a bit of a search and found this.
Calling the emergency call service from a CDMA digital mobile phone
If you are using a CDMA digital mobile phone, you should dial ‘000’ to connect to the emergency call service. Although it is not mandatory that CDMA mobile phones provide access to ‘112’, both Telstra and Hutchison CDMA mobile phones provide access to ‘112’ but without the additional access capabilities that are possible from GSM phones.
Note: When dialling ‘000’ from a CDMA digital mobile phone, you will need to state your exact location to the operator.
Hope this helps
Cheers
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