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Country Knowledgebase on SIGINT/COMINT/LI Installations

Africa

• ALGERIA
• ANGOLA
• BENIN
• BOTSWANA
• BURKINA FASO
• BURUNDI
• CAMEROON
• CAPE VERDE
• CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
• CHAD
• COMOROS
• CONGO
• CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE
• COTE D'IVOIRE
• DJIBOUTI
• EGYPT
• EQUATORIAL GUINEA
• ERITREA
• ETHIOPIA
• GABON
• GAMBIA
• GHANA
• GUINEA
• GUINEA-BISSAU
• KENYA
• LESOTHO
• LIBERIA
• LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA
• MADAGASCAR
• MALAWI
• MALI
• MAURITANIA
• MAURITIUS
• MOROCCO
• MOZAMBIQUE
• NAMIBIA
• NIGER
• NIGERIA
• REUNION
• RWANDA
• SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
• SENEGAL
• SEYCHELLES
• SIERRA LEONE
• SOMALIA
• SOUTH AFRICA
• ST. HELENA
• SUDAN
• SWAZILAND
• TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF
• TOGO
• TUNISIA
• UGANDA
• WESTERN SAHARA
• ZAMBIA
• ZIMBABWE

Americas

• ANGUILLA
• ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
• ARGENTINA
• ARUBA
• BAHAMAS
• BARBADOS
• BELIZE
• BERMUDA
• BOLIVIA
• BRAZIL
• BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
• CANADA
• CAYMAN ISLANDS
• CHILE
• COLOMBIA
• COSTA RICA
• CUBA
• DOMINICA
• DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
• ECUADOR
• EL SALVADOR
• FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS)
• FRENCH GUIANA
• GREENLAND
• GRENADA
• GUADELOUPE
• GUATEMALA
• GUYANA
• HAITI
• HONDURAS
• JAMAICA
• MARTINIQUE
• MEXICO
• MONTSERRAT
• NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
• NICARAGUA
• PANAMA
• PARAGUAY
• PERU
• PUERTO RICO
• SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS
• SAINT LUCIA
• SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
• ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON
• SURINAME
• TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
• TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
• UNITED STATES
• URUGUAY
• VENEZUELA
• VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.)

Asia

• AFGHANISTAN
• ARMENIA
• AZERBAIJAN
• BAHRAIN
• BANGLADESH
• BHUTAN
• BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
• CAMBODIA
• CHINA
• CYPRUS
• EAST TIMOR
• GEORGIA
• HONG KONG
• INDIA
• INDONESIA
• IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF)
• IRAQ
• ISRAEL
• JAPAN
• JORDAN
• KAZAKHSTAN
• KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
• KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
• KUWAIT
• KYRGYZSTAN
• LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
• LEBANON
• MACAO
• MALAYSIA
• MALDIVES
• MONGOLIA
• MYANMAR
• NEPAL
• OMAN
• PAKISTAN
• PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, OCCUPIED
• PHILIPPINES
• QATAR
• SAUDI ARABIA
• SINGAPORE
• SRI LANKA
• SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
• TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA
• TAJIKISTAN
• THAILAND
• TURKEY
• TURKMENISTAN
• UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
• UZBEKISTAN
• VIETNAM
• YEMEN

Europe

• ALBANIA
• ANDORRA
• AUSTRIA
• BELARUS
• BELGIUM
• BOSNIA AND HERZEGOWINA
• BULGARIA
• CROATIA
• CZECH REPUBLIC
• DENMARK
• ESTONIA
• FAROE ISLANDS
• FINLAND
• FRANCE
• GERMANY
• GIBRALTAR
• GREECE
• HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE)
• HUNGARY
• ICELAND
• IRELAND
• ISLE OF MAN
• ITALY
• LATVIA
• LIECHTENSTEIN
• LITHUANIA
• LUXEMBOURG
• MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF
• MALTA
• MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF
• MONACO
• MONTENEGRO
• NETHERLANDS
• NORWAY
• POLAND
• PORTUGAL
• ROMANIA
• RUSSIAN FEDERATION
• SAN MARINO
• SERBIA
• SLOVAKIA (Slovak Republic)
• SLOVENIA
• SPAIN
• SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN ISLANDS
• SWEDEN
• SWITZERLAND
• UKRAINE
• UNITED KINGDOM

Oceania / Other

• ASCENSION ISLAND
• FRENCH POLYNESIA
• AMERICAN SAMOA
• ANTARCTICA
• AUSTRALIA
• BOUVET ISLAND
• CHRISTMAS ISLAND
• COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS
• COOK ISLANDS
• FIJI
• FRANCE, METROPOLITAN
• FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES
• GUAM
• HEARD AND MC DONALD ISLANDS
• BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY
• KIRIBATI
• MARSHALL ISLANDS
• MAYOTTE
• MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF
• NAURU
• NEW CALEDONIA
• NEW ZEALAND
• NIUE
• NORFOLK ISLAND
• NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
• PALAU
• PAPUA NEW GUINEA
• PITCAIRN ISLAND
• SAMOA
• SOLOMON ISLANDS
• SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS
• TOKELAU
• TONGA
• TUVALU
• UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS
• VANUATU
• WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Transnational SIGINT/COMINT Installations

• The US-system known as 'Echelon' also known as UKUSA Agreement

• German/Vietnamese Thuraya Monitoring with unknown Code Name

Vendors of SIGINT/COMINT/LI Technologies and Systems

Vendor Name	Technology/Service Provided	Place of Registration	Ownership
Area Spa	LI / Tactical Interception	Binago, Como (IT)
ATIS systems GmbH (ATIS UHER)	LI / Large Scale ComInt Monitoring	Bad Homburg (DE)
ClearTrail	LI / ComInt	Indore (IN)
Comverse	LI	(US)	(IL)
GTEN DATAKOM	LI / Interception Systems	Ismaning (DE)
ETI Connect	Monitoring	(DK)
Glimmerglass	Monitoring of optical signals and networks	Hayward, CA (US)	Private
Huawei Technologies	Networks / LI / COMINT	(CN)
Macro System	LI / Telecommunication Surveillance	Warsaw (PL)
Medav GmbH	Radio Monitoring and Surveillance Solutions	Uttenreuth (DE)
SHOGI Communications	Tactical SIGINT/COMINT Systems	Shimla, HP (IN)
Siemens Law Enforcement Solutions	LI, Monitoring and Intelligence Centers	Munich DE	DE
SS8 Networks	LI / Monitoring Center	(US)
Syborg	LI	(DE)	VERINT (IL)
trovicor (ex-Siemens VDR/LI)	LI, Monitoring Centers	Munich DE	Holding Structure
telesoft TECHNOLOGIES	LI, SIGINT/COMINT Components, Tactical Monitoring	UK?	Unknown
Utimaco Safeware	Network Monitoring / LI / Data Retention	(DE)	(GB)
VERINT (formerly: Comverse Infosys)	LI	(US)	(LI)

Vendors of tactical Surveillance/Tracking/Interception Systems

Vendor Name	Technology/Service Provided	Place of Registration	Ownership
Hidden Technology Systems International Ltd	Covert Tracking & Surveillance Devices	Essex (GB)
KBI Optronics GmbH	Surveillance and Reconnaissance Systems	Penig (DE)
PK-Electronic International GmbH & Co KG	Tactical SIGINT/COMINT Systems	Luetjensee near Hamburg (DE)
Seartech	Surveillance Electronics	(DE)
Selectronic	Tracking	(DE)

Vendors of Intelligence Support Systems

Vendor Name	Technology/Service Provided	Place of Registration	Ownership
ACCESSDATA	Digital Investigation / Forensics / Decryption	Lindon, UT (US)
ACME Packet	SBCs / MSGs / SRPs / VoIP LI	Delaware (US)	Public (NASDAQ:APKT)
AMESYS	Tactical COMINT, Monitoring, Speech Recognition	AIX-EN_PROVENCE (FR)	(FR)
ATIS systems GmbH (ATIS UHER)	Monitoring	Bad Homburg (DE)
AQSACOM		Les Ulis (FR)
BlueCoat	Intelligence Centers	Sunnyvale, CA (US)	Public (NASDAQ: BCSI)
COBHAM	Tactical GSM Interception
Delta SPE	Collection & Processing of Packet Data Satellite Services	(UA)
Detica	Information / Intelligence Processing	(GB)
Dialogic	High performance signaling in gathering intelligence from Mobile Networks
Elaman	Finfisher Remote Forensics (Trojans) / Strategic & Tactical Communication Monitoring / Intelligence Gathering	Munich (DE)	(DE)
ENDACE accelerated	Traffic Data Processing	(NZ)
GTEN DATAKOM	LI / Interception Systems	(DE)
DigiTask	WiFi Interception, Remote Forensics (Trojans)	(DE)
GAMMA Group	Remote Forensics (Trojans)	GAMMA International GmbH & Co KG München (DE) / Gamma International Ltd. Andover, Hampshire (GB)
GROUP2000	LI / Deep Packet Inspection
Guidance Software	Encase Intelligence Software / Forensics	Pasadena, CA (US)
Hacking Team	Remote Control System (Trojans)	Milano (IT)
LOQUENDO	Vocal Technology and Services / Speech Recognition	Turin (IT)
Newport Networks	VoIP COMINT
Plath GmbH	Communication Profiling	Hamburg (DE)
Nice Systems	Monitoring, Investigating, Tracking	(IL)	Public (NASDAQ: NICE)
OPENET	LI	-
Pen Link	Collect & Record of Interception Communication	Lincoln, NE (US)
Phoenix	Speech Recognition	(CZ)
QOSMOS
RCS	IP Traffic Analysis	([[IT]))
retentia	Data Retention	Silicon Valley (US)
Septier	Dual Usage Strategy of LI Systems
Siemens	Intelligence Platform	Munich (DE)	(DE)
Spectronic Systems A/S	Speech Recognition	Copenhagen (DK)
Speech Technology Center, Ltd.	Audio Forensics	(RU)
telesoft technologies
Thales	Surveillance, Detection and Intelligence Systems	(FR)	(FR)
Ultrarich	Ultraserv	US	-
VASTech	Network Recording / Passive Surveillance	Stellenbosch (ZA)
VigiTrust	LEA & Intelligence Services	Dublin (IR)
OMNI Wildpackets