Leo flew off to the Angkor city and then while he was flying his communicator pinged. This was a feature that was exclusive only to him and the upper management of the Cardinal Group. The normal consumers didn't get any such features to prevent the surge which could lead to a lot of mishaps because of the static signal interference.
Another reason was the development cost of these features. It was not something that would fit the principles of technology invention. Cardinal Group had the motive to make everything easily available for the people, if they made things that caused stress for their customers then they would lose out in the big bunch of capitalists. The main thing was how they were reinjecting a significant part of their earnings to the people in the country and outside. This was why their customers were loyal.
