AE

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Intel Environment

Military Alliance
Interior Intelligence Services
Exterior Intelligence Services
Military Intelligence Services
SIGINT/COMINT Alliances

Telco/Carrier/ISP Environment

Type	Name	Ownership	Main Office	URL	Notes
3G 2100	Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company PJSC (du)			http://www.du.ae/
GSM 900/1800	Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company PJSC (du)			http://www.du.ae/
3G 2100	Emirates Telecom Corp-ETISALAT	(AE)		http://www.etisalat.ae/
GSM 900	Emirates Telecom Corp-ETISALAT (ETISALAT)	(AE)		http://www.etisalat.ae/

Transnational Cables and Connections

Type	Name	Ownership	Connecting Point A	Connection Points B	URL/Notes
3,84 Tbs	EIG			Tripoli (LY) / Abu Talat (EG) / Al Fujaurah (AE) / Barka (OM) / Djibouti (DJ) / Gibraltar (Gibraltar) / Jeddah (SA) / London (GB) / Marseille (FR) / Monaco (MC) / Mumbai (IN) / Sesimbra (PT) / Widemouth Bay (GB) / Zaferana (EG)	Operator WP
480 Gbits/s	SEA-ME-WE-3			Norden (DE) / Oostende (BE) / Goonhilly (GB) / Penmarch (FR) / Sesimbra (PT) / Tetuan (MA) / Mazara del Vallo (IT) / Chania (GR) / Marmaris (TR) / Yeroskipou (CY) / Alexandria (EG) / Suez (EG) / Jeddah (SA) / Djibouti (DJ) / Muscat (OM) / Fujairah (AE) / Karachi (PK) / Mumbai (IN) / Cochin (IN) / Mount Lavinia (LK) / Pyapon (MM) / Satun (TH) / Penang, (MY) (Where it meets the SAFE and the FLAG cables.) / Medan (IN) / Tuas (SG) / Jakarta (IN) / Perth (AU) / Mersing (MY) / Tungku (BN) / Da Nang (VN) / Batangas (PH) / Taipa (MO) / Deep Water Bay (HK) / Shantou (CN) / Fangshan (TW) / Toucheng (TW) / Shanghai (CN) / Keoje (KR) / Okinawa, (JP)	WP
1,28 Tbs	SEA-ME-WE_4			Al Fujaurah (AE) / Alexandria ((EG) / Annaba (DZ) / Bizerte (TN) Chennai (Madras) (IN) / Colombo (LK) / Cox's Bazaar (BD) / Jeddah (SA) / Karachi (PK) / Malacca Town (MY) / Marseille (FR) / Mumbai (IN) / Palermo (IT) / Satun (TH) / Suez (EG) / Tuas (SG) || Operator WP

SIGINT/COMINT Stations and Operators

Name	Location	Operator	Capabilities
	Az-Zarqa	Contractor-operated US facility.
	Dalma	Contractor-operated US facility.
	Ras al-Khaimah	Contractor-operated US facility.
	Sir Abu Nuayr Island	Contractor-operated US facility.

Vendor with place of registration in the Arab Emirates

• STRATIGN
• TROVICOR has a subsidary in the Arab Emirates

Vendor with product/service appearances in the Arab Emirates

• BLUECOAT in 10/2011

• NETSWEEPER 08/2011

• SS8 07/2009

Articles / Events / Situations

Date	Source	Title	Tags
20130313	ibtimes.co.uk	Hacking Team and the Murky World of State-Sponsored Spying	HACKINGTEAM / AE / MA
20130313	nytimes.com	Researchers Find 25 Countries Using Surveillance Software	GAMMA / FINFISHER / MUENCH, MARTIN J / AU / BH / BD / BN / CA / CZ / EE / ET / DE / IN / ID / JP / LV / MY / MX / MN / NL / QA / RS / SG / TM / AE / GB / US / VN
20130313	citizenlab.org	You Only Click Twice: FinFisher’s Global Proliferation	FINFISHER / GAMMA / AU / BH / BD / BN / CA / CZ / EE / ET / DE / IN / ID / JP / LV / MY / MX / MN / NL / QA / RS / SG / TM / AE / GB / US / VN
20130312	bugbrother.blog.lemonde.fr	Amesys: les documents qui impliquent Ziad Takieddine et Philippe Vannier, le PDG de Bull	AMESYS / MA / AE / GA / SA / KZ / LY
08.08.2012	bloomberg.com	FinFisher Spyware Reach Found On Five Continents: Report	FINFISHER / AU / CZ / AE / ET / EE / ID / LV / MN / QA / US
08.08.2012	community.rapid7.com	Analysis of the FinFisher Lawful Interception Malware	FINFISHER / AU / CZ / AE / ET / EE / ID / LV / MN / QA / US
30.10.2011	Spiegel	Verbotene Exporte: Syriens Regime überwacht Internet mit US-Technik	SY AE BH QA BLUECOAT
29.10.2011	Wall Street Journal	U.S. Firm Acknowledges Syria Uses Its Gear to Block Web	AE BH QA SY BLUECOAT
08.10.2010	Spiegel	Vereinigte Arabische Emirate: Blackberry-Nutzer dürfen weitermailen	AE BLACKBERRY
07.09.2010	Golem	VEREINIGTE ARABISCHE EMIRATE: USA nutzen Blackberry-Daten zur Spionage	AE Blackberry
06.08.2009	Cablesearch	SUBJECT: UAE SPYWARE GOES PUBLIC	AE BLACKBERRY
01.08.2010	Spiegel	Sicherheitsbedenken: Arabische Staaten wollen Datenübertragung per Blackberry sperren	AE BLACKBERRY
15.07.2009	www.veracode.com	BlackBerry Spyware Dissected	SS8 BLACKBERRY AE Spyware
14.07.2009	itp.net	Etisalat’s BlackBerry patch designed for surveillance	SS8 BLACKBERRY AE Spyware
14.07.2009	The Register	BlackBerry update bursting with spyware: Official snooping suspected in UAE	BLACKBERRY AE Spyware
04.02.2008	khaleejtimes.com	Cable damage hits one million Internet users in UAE	AE FAE SEA-ME-WE 4