Man arrested for satellite phone use in India

[djmonsi]

Chines phones with fake or no IMEI's are also barred in India. I always wonder how European countries give out sims for free without any ID proof.

[andy]

Originally Posted by djmonsi

Chines phones with fake or no IMEI's are also barred in India. I always wonder how European countries give out sims for free without any ID proof.

Some do ask for ID. The Swiss barred all SIMs that didn't register by a deadline a few months after a requirement to do so was brought in, which wiped out about 20%. This law was passed after some SIMs had been found to be apparently in use by terrorists roaming in certain countries.

[bbob]

Originally Posted by djmonsi

Chines phones with fake or no IMEI's are also barred in India. I always wonder how European countries give out sims for free without any ID proof.

Id proof is worthless if you have to show it. You can always get used prepaid sims on markets shops, internet and don't need to show any proof.

Showing id is just another rwason to check and give an idea of fake security.

If india does check this I wonder what they do on foreign sims roaming on their network.

So i think before using satellite phones we should take care of legality of using that in a particular area.

[andy]

Originally Posted by thomasgalvin

So i think before using satellite phones we should take care of legality of using that in a particular area.

Good advice, and wouldn't it have been more interesting if you had given us updates on the latest position there, rather than merely post spam to sell them.