Not sure where in the world this article applies to, but in the US the emergency number is 911. Even for a deactivated cell phone 911 will still work on it ... it will search for *any* active carrier in order to connect to the 911 system.
I had the unfortunate circumstance of being a passenger in a car which rear-ended another vehicle stopped at a red light, and when dialing 911 on my cell, it immediately went into "emergency mode" which locked out any incoming calls other than from the 911 system. Afterwards, the phone was still locked in 'emergency mode' and I had to deactivate it manually.
Just something to be aware of, thats all
“Not sure where in the world this article applies to, but in the US the emergency number is 911. Even for a deactivated cell phone 911 will still work on it ... it will search for *any* active carrier in order to connect to the 911 system.”
This works in all areas, especially Europe, except where cell phone signal is blocked