>>> If you buy a cellphone and contract for service for that cellphone with
>>> a licensed carrier, then that carrier's license covers the operation of
>>> the phone you activated with that carrier. You can't then go out and
>>> use other phones under that contract without the carrier's consent.
>> An interesting theory, although clearly nonsensical with GSM phones.
> Not at all, GSM phones don't transmit without a SIM card, and once there
> is a SIM card in place, you're licensed under the appropriate carrier.
A GSM phone without a SIM should still be able to make "Emergency" calls in whatever service area it is in.
This has been a bit of a problem with idiots making untraceable nuisance calls to emergency operators in Australia.
Regards,
David Clayton, e-mail: snipped-for-privacy@XYZ.myrealbox.com Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. (Remove the "XYZ." to reply)
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