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Originally Posted by snidely
I am willing to bet you can connect to 911, 112 etc with ANY SIM card - even one long dead. I know you can here (US). Also, don't at least some phones allow you to connect w.o. any SIM?
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This varies quite a bit between countries. In some, making emergency calls without a SIM card is not possible.
This includes the UK, where in addition it has only fairly recently (last October) been made possible for the phone to roam to a different network to make an emergency call.
Germany recently made it necessary to have a SIM card in the phone, to reduce prank calls
It is said that in some other countries, credit is needed on a valid SIM, though the call is free.