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- From: elahde@tnclus.tele.nokia.fi
- Subject: Re: .. and these days ??
- Message-ID: <1992Oct14.134120.1@tnclus.tele.nokia.fi>
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- Organization: Nokia Telecommunications.
- References: <54546@dime.cs.umass.edu>
- Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 11:41:20 GMT
-
- In article <54546@dime.cs.umass.edu>, shri@freal.cs.umass.edu (H.Shrikumar) writes:
- > with so much hue and cry being raised today over privacy issues
- > in public telecom, and tapping of cellular phones .. I wonder
- > if some group is looking into adaptation of any digital encryption
- > schemes, esp. two key schemes for cellular phone use, esp the
- > newer digital cellular phone standards.
-
- The GSM system that is already in small commercial use in Europe uses
- digital encryption. GSM is a digital cellular system that will cover
- the whole Europe in a few years. GSM systems from Nokia Telecommunications
- are in commercial use at least in England and Finland.
-
- Eero
-