New rule for emergency mobile priority / Computing, 17 April 2008
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"Local police commanders are to decide who has priority for mobile phone network access in the event of a disaster such as the 7/7 London bombings.
Under the Mobile Telephone Privileged Access Scheme (MTPAS) ­ priority can only be activated by the police’s “gold commander” ­ – the person who co-ordinates incident response.
Previously, privileged access was controlled centrally from the Cabinet Office."