25. Using Area Information
This feature may not be available on all net-
works. In addition, a special subscription may
be required to use the service.
The ordinary Short Message Service can be
said to be a personal service, with messages
specifically and exclusively directed to you. The
Area Information (AI) is another, impersonal,
type of Short Message which is sent to all
subscribers in a certain cell of a network at the
same time.
The AI is displayed immediately, unless you are
engaged in a call. The information may be a
local road report or a local taxi phone number.
Each type of message is identified by a 3-digit
code. At present, the following message types
exist:
Code Title
000 Index
010 Flashes
020 Hospitals
022 Doctors
024 Pharmacy
030 Long-distance road reports
032 Local road reports
034 Taxis
040 Weather
050 District (base station identity)
052 Network information
054 Operator services
056 Directory enquiries (national)
057 Directory enquiries (international)
058 Customer care (national)
059 Customer care (international)
Refer to the information supplied by your
network operator, for information about the AI
services you can use.
To receive area information
An incoming call always interrupts the presenta-
tion of a AI message. When the call is finished,
the AI presentation continues until completed.
To turn area information on or off
You can turn the AI presentation on/off with the
Area info function in the Mail menu.
1. Press YES to select the Area info function.
2. Scroll with / to On or Off depending
on if you wish AI messages to be presented
in the display or not.
3. Press YES.
You can decide which types of AI message you
wish to be presented in the display. The
phone’s AI message list can hold up to 19
codes.
You can both erase already existing codes from
the list and add new codes to the list. If a code
has been erased from position 4, the code in
position 5 is automatically moved up to position
4. Empty positions are always found at the end
of the list.
To edit the list of area information
You edit the AI position list in the Area info
function in the Mail menu.
1. Press YES to select the Area info function.
2. If necessary, scroll with / to Edit List
and press YES.
The digit to the left indicates the position in the
list. You can scroll forward and backward
through the list with the / .
3. To enter a code, scroll to the first empty
location with and press YES.
Advanced Functions
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