Before the introduction of mobile phones, the vast majority of emergency calls were made from landlines, with callers having to provide their locations to the operator. While most landline calls can now be traced electronically to an address, this is often only accurate to a certain wide area. Advanced Mobile Location or AML is an emergency location-based service developed by BT and is available on smartphones that, when a caller dials the emergency telephone number, sends a text with the location of the caller to the emergency call takers in real-time.
The number was launched in London on June 30, This then resulted in the setup of the line. It's Day: How many emergency calls do you think are made in the UK every year? By Hector MacKenzie - hector.
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