Proposals follow chaotic scenes in June 2023 when people could not connect to emergency services.
The government has announced new measures it says will boost the resilience of the 999 system, following its worst outage in almost 90 years.
"As outlined in the Government's Post-Incident Review, we have put in place a comprehensive improvement plan to prevent this series of events reoccurring." And it will identify a way to advise the public on what to do so people can contact emergency services if the 999 system becomes inaccessible across the UK."We are determined to prevent history from repeating itself, with public safety being absolutely paramount," said Technology minister Michelle Donelan.
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