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Existing mobile phones to be installed with panic button
Posted on: 10/Jun/2016 2:14:21 PM
The government in April mandated that all mobile phones in the country from January 1, 2017 will be sold with panic button feature. Now mobile manufacturers have been asked by Department of Telecommunications to install software in all existing phones to provide for a panic button like feature at the press of one single number to help users in case of emergency. For existing phones, the handset makers will also have to arrange for installation of new software patch at retail outlets.
The software patch will provide facility similar to panic button which at the press of 9 or 5 will generate a call to single emergency telephone number 112.
The 112 number facilities will be active from January 1. It will gradually replace all existing emergency numbers like 100 for police, 102 for ambulance, 108 for fire service and railway crime prevention number 1512.
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