Talk:E.123

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[edit] Proposal for a new paragraph

Please find below a proposal for a new paragraph – In case of emergency. If there are no comments within the next days the paragraph is considered supported and we will publish a revised article. ITU-T 10:51, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Makes sense to me. I checked the sources and copied the proposed section into the article. --plauz (talk) 12:01, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] In case of emergency

A standardized language-independent way to identify a next-of-kin (or other emergency contact) in a mobile handset’s directory, in case of an emergency, has in May 2008 been adopted as a new clause in Recommendation E.123.

It proposes to store emergency contact numbers in the form “0nx”, where “n” is a digit from 1 through 9 and “x” is any meaningful descriptive character string in any language or script (e.g. “Anna” or “Spouse”).

In the handset's directory this would be displayed as "01Anna" or "01Spouse" enabling easy identification by the emergency services. The handset’s directory entry (in the “contact number” field) would contain the actual number of the person to call in case of emergency.^[1]

This scheme is a language-independent version of the ICE scheme that became popular in certain parts of the world from 2005 onwards.^[2]

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