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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
GSM 900	Oman Telecommunications Company (OMAN MOBILE)			http://www.omanmobile.om/
GSM 900	Omani Qatari Telecommunication Company SAOG (nawras)			http://www.nawras.om/

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

SIGINT/COMINT Stations and Operators

Name	Location	Operator	Capabilities
	Abut	Joint OM-/US Site
	Goat Island, Musandam Peninsula	Contractor-operated US facility.
	Khasab, Musandam Peninsula	Contractor-operated US facility.
	Masirah Island	Contractor-operated US facility.

Vendor Appearance

• FINFISHER / FINFLY ISP Installation by GAMMA uncovered in 2011, see Articles
• 2013: HACKINGTEAM see securelist.com Report 20130425

Articles / Events / Situations

Date	Source	Title	Tags
20141031	rt.com	Bypassing encryption: Italian firm ‘sells global spyware to police, govts	HACKINGTEAM / ET / KZ / SA / MX / OM
20140217	citizenlab.org	Mapping Hacking Team’s “Untraceable” Spyware	HACKINGTEAM / AZ / CO / EG / ET / HU / IT / KZ / KR / MY / MX / MA / NG / OM / PA / PL / SA / SD / TH / TR / AE / UZ
20130904	wikileaks.org	OM Purchase Order	DREAMLAB / GAMMA / OM / FISCHER, THOMAS / MAYENCOURT, NICOLAS / VERVIS
20130904	wikileaks.org	OM Quotation Monitoring for iproxy-project	DREAMLAB / OM / GAMMA / FISCHER, THOMAS / MAYENCOURT, NICOLAS / MERZ, FELIX
20130904	wikileaks.org	OM System Manual	DREAMLAB / OM / SADEMACH, RICHARD
20130904	wikileaks.org	HACKINGTEAM: Mostapaha Maana	HACKINGTEAM / MAANA, MOSTAPHA / IT / CH / US / MA / MY / SG / LB / NL / FR / EG / AE / TR / DE / SA / QA / SD / CZ / OM
20130904	wikileaks.org	GAMMA: Carlos Gandini	GAMMA / GANDINI, CARLOS / DE / AT / ES / CZ / FR / MX / AE / OM / MA / GQ / CM / PT / BR
20130904	wikileaks.org	GAMMA: Brydon Nelson	GAMMA / NELSON, BRYDON / GB / DE / QA / AE / BH / NL / OM / BN / MY / CY / FR
20130904	wikileaks.org	ELAMAN: Holger Rumscheidt	ELAMAN / RUMSCHEIDT, HOLGER / LB / DE / FR / CH / AE / AT / OM / ZA / ET / US / AZ / TM / JO
20130904	wikileaks.org	ELAMAN: Thomas Oblinger	ELAMAN / OBLINGER, THOMAS / DE / CH / AE / OM
20130904	corpwatch.org	Turkmenistan and Oman Negotiated to Buy Spy Software: Wikileaks	GAMMA / FINFISHER / TM / OM / FISCHER, THOMAS / MAYENCOURT, NICOLAS / RUMSCHEIDT, HOLGER / ELAMAN / DREAMLAB
20130425	securelist.com	Spyware. HackingTeam	HACKINGTEAM / MX / IT / VN / AE / IQ / LB / MA / PA / TJ / IN / IR / SA / KR / ES / PL / TR / AR / CA / ML / OM / CN / US / KZ / EG / UA / UZ / CO / TW / BR / RU / KG / GB / BH / ET / ID / DE / LY
15.12.2011	taz.de	DEUTSCHE UNTERSTÜTZUNG FÜR DIKTATUREN: Schnüffeltechnik für die Welt	OM TM GAMMA DREAMLAB
07.12.2011	NDR Zapp	German spyware for dictators (Flash) / (Youtube) / (with French subtitles)	BH DE EG IR OM SY TM DREAMLAB FINFISHER GAMMA TROVICOR
07.12.2011	NDR Zapp	Das Geschäft mit Sicherheitstechnologie	BH DE EG IR OM SY TM DREAMLAB FINFISHER GAMMA TROVICOR
07.12.2011	presseportal.de	"Zapp"-Recherche in Kooperation mit Wikileaks: Export von Späh-Technologie nach Oman aufgedeckt	OM DREAMLAB GAMMA
01.06.2011	Wall Street Journal	Mideast Uses Western Tools to Battle the Skype Rebellion	Skype Finfisher Gamma Egypt Oman Saudi Arabia China
2009	OpenNet Initiative	Internet Filtering in Oman	OM