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The 999 phone charging myth is an urban legend or myth that claims that if a mobile phone has low battery, then dialling 999 (or any regional emergency telephone number) charges the phone so it has more power. This was confirmed as untrue by several British police forces who publicly cited the dangers of making such calls.
Country Police Ambulance Fire Notes Anguilla 911 Antigua and Barbuda 911 or 999 Aruba 911 The Bahamas 911 or 919 [19]: Mobile phones – 112. Barbados 211: 511: 311 Bermuda 911 British Virgin Islands
999 is the official emergency number for the United Kingdom, but calls are also accepted on the European Union emergency number, 112. All calls are answered by 999 operators, and are always free. [2] Approximately 35 million 999/112 calls are made in the UK each year, with 74% from mobiles and 26% from landlines in 2022. [3]
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The mobile network Three has said some 999 calls didn't get through during a major outage which affected thousands of customers. The company said the problems with its services on Thursday were ...
Dialing a known emergency number like 112 forces the phone to try the call with any available network. On some networks, a GSM phone without a SIM card may be used to make emergency calls, and most GSM phones accept a larger list of emergency numbers without SIM card, such as 112, 911, 118, 119, 000, 110, 08, and 999. [27]
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It also means that it is not possible to count the number of truely dialled "112" calls in the UK, though the number is probably very low. 999 landline calls do get priority provided they are made using traditional signalling. It is unclear if 999 calls will get priority on "Next Generation Networks" which use VoIP. sb 22:53, 4 March 2007 (UTC)