"danny burstein" <dannyb@panix.com> wrote in message
news:eu8v0e$2me$1@reader2.panix.com...
> In <0ESNh.50$NK2.14@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk> "Richard Colton"
> <webmaster@NILSPAMuselessinfo.org.uk> writes:
> [ snip ]
>
>>> What happens if you have a phone that doesn't have a SIM? Are
>>> you saying that emergency calls are blocked?
>
>>Yes, that's exactly the position in the UK.
>
> That, if true, sucks. It means that international travelers
> with SIMS that may not be registering for whatever
> reson (rare, but common enough to be an issue), or
> if they've taken the SIM out and not yet put
> in a local one, etc., etc., etc.

Ok, perhaps my original post on this subject could have been clearer.
International travellers roaming in the UK should have no problems making
emergency calls due to roaming agreements already in place. However, anyone
using a UK SIM card which is either deactivated or out of coverage for that
particular network will not be able to make emergency calls. If a foreign
SIM cannot register on a UK network correctly, then emergency calls from
that handset will also be unavailable.

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