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UNITED KINGDOM
Intel Environment
Military Alliance | |
Interior Intelligence Services | |
Exterior Intelligence Services | [Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)] |
Military Intelligence Services | |
SIGINT/COMINT Alliances |
Telco/Carrier/ISP Environment
Type | Name | Ownership | Main Office | URL | Notes |
GSM 1800 | Cable and Wireless Worldwide (Cable and Wireless UK (England)) | http://www.cw.com/ | |||
GSM 1800 | Everything Everywhere Limited (Orange)(UK) | http://www.everythingeverywhere.com/ | |||
3G 2100 | Everything Everywhere Limited (Orange) | http://www.everythingeverywhere.com/ | |||
3G 2100 | Everything Everywhere Limited (T-Mobile (UK)) | http://www.everythingeverywhere.com/ | |||
GSM 1800 | Everything Everywhere Limited (T-Mobile UK)(UK) | http://www.everythingeverywhere.com/ | |||
3G 2100 | Hutchison 3G UK Ltd (3) | http://www.three.co.uk/ | |||
GSM 1800 | Mundio Mobile Limited (MCom) | http://www.uk01.com/ | |||
GSM 1800 | TeleWare PLC (PMN) | http://www.privatemobilenetworks.com/ | |||
GSM 900/1800 | Telefónica UK Limited (O2) | Telefonica (ES) | http://www.o2.co.uk/ | ||
3G 2100 | Telefónica UK Limited (O2 (UK)) | Telefonica (ES) | http://www.o2.co.uk/ | ||
3G 2100 | VODAFONE Ltd (VODAFONE) | http://www.vodafone.co.uk/ | |||
GSM 900/1800 | VODAFONE Ltd (vodafone) | http://www.vodafone.co.uk/ |
Transnational Cables and Connections
Type | Name | Ownership | Connecting Operator Point A | Connection Operator Point B | URL/Notes |
120 Gb/s | AC-1 (Atlantic Crossing) | Brookhaven Cable Station in Shirley, New York, (US) | Land's End Cable Station in Whitesands, (UK) | WP | |
320 Gbit/s | AC-2 | Bellport/Brookhaven, New York (US) | Bude (UK) | WP |
SIGINT/COMINT Stations and Operators
Name | Location | Operator | Status | Capabilities |
Menwith Hill (ECHELON) | Menwith Hill, Harrogate | UK/USA (RSOC) | Active | Intelsat Europe till West-Asia |
Belfast (Victoria Square) | GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM | Active | ||
Brora, Scotland | GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM | Active | ||
GCHQ | Cheltenham (Government Communications Headquarters) | NSA liaison is present. | Active | |
Chicksands | GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM | Active | ||
Culm Head | GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM | Active | ||
Digby | GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM | Active | ||
Hawklaw, Scotland | GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM | Active | ||
Irton Moor | GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM | Active | ||
Molesworth | UK/USA | Active | ||
Morwenstow | UK/USA | Active | ||
Westminster, London | GCHQ operated "accommodation site" that provides occasional SIGINT product to the US INSCOM | Active | ||
(Palmer Street) | ? | |||
Yemen | ? | |||
Socotra Island | (planned) |
Privacy Related Legislation
LI Legislation
SIGINT/COMINT Legal Grounds
Vendor Appearance
Events / Situations / Articles
Date | Source | Title | Tags |
18.04.2010 | Guardian | No 10 Downing Street bugged by MI5, claims historian / Bugs placed in the cabinet room by Harold Macmillan in 1963 and not removed until 1977 | |
11.07.2009 | Wikileaks | UK phone hacking scandal: The News of the World didn't go far enough | murdoch voicemail |
17.12.2006 | The Independent | Police: we were bugged in effort to halt BAe Saudi arms inquiry | |
10.12.2006 | the guardian | US bugged Diana's phone on night of death crash | |
11.06.2001 | The Register | US expands Echelon spying in UK | echelon privacy sigint nsa |
16.05.2001 | The register | Eurocops want seven-year retention of all phone, Net traffic | sigint privacy lawful interception europol |