The Cellular Secret

Now, when motorists are threatened on the roadway, they can call for help.  

On December 1, 1997, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) passed an order that mandates that wireless carriers must process 9-1-1 calls even from phones that have no current wireless service ("uninitialized phones"). 

Essentially, this leaves us with a great emergency device that is virtually free!   

So, whether or not you currently have a cell phone with wireless service, it would be a good idea to keep a fully charged phone without service turned off in your glove compartment for emergencies.

Uninitialized Wireless Phone n. 
1. cell phones that have never been subscribed to a carrier's service; out of the box or never activated  
2. cell phones that were subscribed to a carrier, but have since been deactivated due to the account being closed or the device being replaced by a new device with the same phone number, etc.

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Page updated: August 13, 2005

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