As to telephoning, tests have been carried out for telephone communication from moving trains.
They cannot telephone without expense yet; however, they are telephoning.
I should have thought the words "for telephoning the report at their own expense" were quite clear.
Secondly, any telephoning done by the reporter is done entirely at his own expense.
Telephoning abroad, sending faxes abroad or e-mailing abroad are instantaneous.
It took 20 minutes of telephoning around the various services before any alarm was sounded.
When one pays the present exorbitant charges for telephoning one ought to be able to expect some service.
If he is telephoning someone, the police will know that telephone number.