Starting next year, new mobile phones in India must include a “panic button” that will call emergency responders.<br />This is meant to address the country’s increasing problem with violence against women.<br />This new policy would make contacting emergency responders easier than ever.<br />The rule states that the panic button on smartphones would be a designated button and for other phones an emergency call would initiate by holding down the “5” or “9” buttons.<br />The law also requires smartphone makers to include satellite-based location technology by 2018 to better track call locations.
