Fed contractor, cell phone maker sold spy system to Iran
Washington Times / Eli Lake
22-Jun-2009 (3 comments)

Two European companies — a major contractor to the U.S. government and a top cell-phone equipment maker — last year installed an electronic surveillance system for Iran that human rights advocates and intelligence experts say can help Iran target dissidents. Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), a joint venture between the Finnish cell-phone giant Nokia and German powerhouse Siemens, delivered what is known as a monitoring center to Irantelecom, Iran's state-owned telephone company. A spokesman for NSN said the servers were sold for "lawful intercept functionality," a technical term used by the cell-phone industry to refer to law enforcement's ability to tap phones, read e-mails and surveil electronic data on communications networks.

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hamsade ghadimi

iri will protect us from the west...

by hamsade ghadimi on Mon Jun 22, 2009 12:50 PM PDT

only if we learn to copy some of the positive aspects of the evil west.


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Ostaad

All countries have "spy system" in place for eavesdropping on...

by Ostaad on Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:50 AM PDT

their citizens. The one in the US is made by an Israeli company called Amdocs. Nothing new here, Iran chose a European system instead of an Israeli one for obvious reasons, that's all.

Here's bit of info about who's looking at your, and my, cell phone records right now, JJ.

//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amdocs

 


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hamsade ghadimi

business ethics

by hamsade ghadimi on Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:14 AM PDT

"....We are strongly committed to the highest standards of ethical conduct, and operate in full compliance with all applicable national and international laws."

It seems that the cell phone maker's ethical standards, in their own words, are as high as their clients'.


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