(MENAFN) The Indian government had recently declared that all mobile phones sold in India from 2017 would require a panic button to let users make emergency calls, basically to deliver emergency assistance to women.
Accordingly, it has now been explained that only new handsets will ship with panic buttons, with Indian handset producers arguing that it isn't possible to install them on mobile phones that are already in use.
The Indian government had ordered handset manufacturers to install panic buttons for all new phones from January 1, 2017 and made in-built GPS navigation mandatory for all phones sold from 2018.
In more detail, all distress calls will be directly connected to India's forthcoming singe emergency response number 112, with the call going through even if the caller's handset balance was zero.
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