EMERGENCY DIALLING FOR MOBILES

Written by Adam Gosling

Friday, 17 February 2006

The Australian Communications Industry Forum (ACIF) has revised mobile phone standards to assist users dialling the emergency operator. The revised standard requires that all mobile phones sold in Australia must be capable of dialling emergency services even if the handset is locked. The standard assists in situations where the person dialling is not familiar with the phone, for example, where a mobile phone user is involved in an accident and a passer-by picks up the locked handset to call for help or where a child at home uses the mobile phone of an incapacitated parent to call emergency services. The standard, which provides the general requirements for mobile telephony in Australia, was updated by ACIF to address the need to keep up with developments in handset technology. As well as the revisions relating to emergency calls, the standard has also been updated to include handsets such as screen-based devices like Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) that have touch screen keypads. Another section of the revised standard introduces new requirements to limit maximum sound levels of conversations on mobile phones. The new requirements are designed to reduce the risk of users damaging their hearing because of excessive sound levels and is based on the standard for fixed line phones. This Standard is being forwarded to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) for registration. Related news items Tiny Rugged UMPC WIth Vista -10/10/2007 Consumers Want FMC: Companies Don't See The Benefit -02/10/2007 The Poor Man's Palm -02/10/2007 Nokia Buys Map Company For US$8 Billion -02/10/2007 Seven In Unwired Takeover Bid -26/09/2007 Newer news items Microsoft Beefs Up Remote Access Credentials -18/05/2006 World First Mobile Chat Guidelines To Protect Children -10/05/2006 Backup Your Laptop Anywhere -02/04/2006 Ericsson Does Security Deal With Trend Micro -09/03/2006 MOBILE WORKERS GET NAKED -28/02/2006 Older news items TROJAN TARGETS PC AND PHONE -22/09/2005 BETTER WIRELESS SECURITY -23/08/2005 KASPERSKY UPDATES PDA PROTECTION -28/06/2005 RIM BEEFS UP SECURITY FOR US SPOOKS -28/06/2005 MOBILE DRIVE FINGERED -22/06/2005 Tag This Now: