11 Jul
2005
11 Jul
'05
7:12 a.m.
Some of the problems on the mobile networks were the result of a protocol to reserve mobile capabilities for the emergency services. The police have the authority to switch cells to emergency service and then people with specially registered SIM cards in their mobile can take priority. Presumably, some amount of capacity is also held in reserve for these people as well.
Requests from the police on specific SIM numbers on certain mobile networks whilst others applied such that you got no access to a cell site, others deployed a limit on normal SIM cards to limit the access down by 50% so that there was some level of service. Regards, Neil.