SIM card locked to provider?

I wrote:

> In the more usual configuration, a phone of any access class
> can make an emergency priority call. All that's required is
> that the user dials 112 or a number in the SIM's EF_ECC file.

I took the time to read a few SIMs I've got. I found both 000
and 112 coded into the EF_ECC file on all of them. Here in
Australia, 000 is the equivalent of the US 911.

Most contained 911 as well.

One SIM (Virgin Mobile) included "106". I don't remember
previously seeing that as an emergency number.

John

On 2008-01-10, John Henderson <jhenRemoveThis@talk21.com> wrote:
>
> One SIM (Virgin Mobile) included "106". I don't remember
> previously seeing that as an emergency number.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/106_emergency

"106 is the Australian national textphone/TTY emergency number. It is operated by the Australian Communications Exchange, a non-profit organisation that runs the National Relay Service. 106 can only be used by people with a TTY/textphone or computer with terminal software."

So I guess you can text in you are being kidnapped? :)

hth,
b