If you are in a place of Emergency and in need of a Help. You can dial 112 from your mobile phone anywhere in the world (where GSM network coverage is available) and get connected to the local emergency number.
112 is the GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) international standard emergency access number, which can only be dialled on digital mobile phones. It cannot be dialled from a fixed network (land lines) or from other technologies such as CDMA.
Calling to a local emergency number is a FREE call. And 112 can be dialled while the keypad is locked and you don't even need to have a SIM card in your mobile phone to access this service! and can be in any part of the country.
By dialling 112 you can contact the following emergency services:
Ambulance Services
Police Services
Fire Services.
112 GSM International Standard Emergency Access Number is automatically activated, free of charge, when you connect your mobile service.
112 is the International Standard Emergency Access Number, which means this is the number used by all GSM networks world wide. All digital GSM mobile phones are manufactured with this number programmed into them as a default so that when the number is dialled in a coverage area, it will connect the user to the local emergency service number, no matter what country it is in, or whether a SIM card is in the mobile phone.
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