Man arrested for satellite phone use in India

[DRNewcomb]

Originally Posted by Jervin

But why Sat phone is not allowed? I mean if we limit ourselves then the Terrorist wins already.

It can be very difficult for the police to monitor a satellite phone. Monitoring a national cellular network is much easier, you just tap into the switch. It's hard for the Indian police to monitor a satellite phone on a spot beam with the switch in Arizona or UAE.