Satellite phone sector is open for all: Telecom minister

The government has put no bar on the satellite phone services segment and any entity can start operations in the country, according to Telecom Minister ManojS in ha .“Therei snob an for anyone. It is open for all. If anyone is interested they can come ,” Sin has aid. However, the service provider will require toset-upsatellite phone gateway in India so that security agencies can law fully intercept call son its network whenever required.State-runtelecom firm B SN L has started providing satellite phone service in India to meet requirement of security forces, disaster management team and some other government department son case-to-casebasis.The Department of Telecom has provision for satellite phone service under Unified Licence called Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite service.