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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

• 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'

• German/Vietnamese Thuraya Monitoring

Vendors of SIGINT/COMINT/LI Installations

Vendor Name	Technology/Service Provided	Place of Registration	Ownership
ATIS systems GmbH (ATIS UHER)	LI / Large Scale ComInt Monitoring	Bad Homburg (DE)
Comverse	LI	(US)	(IL)
GTEN DATAKOM	LI / Interception Systems	Ismaning (DE)
Glimmerglass	Monitoring of optical signals and networks	Hayward, CA (US)	Private
Medav GmbH	Radio Monitoring and Surveillance Solutions	Uttenreuth (DE)
PK-Electronic International GmbH & Co KG	Tactical SIGINT/COMINT Systems	Luetjensee near Hamburg (DE)
Siemens Law Enforcement Solutions	LI, Monitoring and Intelligence Centers	Munich DE	DE
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 Intelligence Support Systems

Vendor Name	Technology/Service Provided	Place of Registration	Ownership
ACME Packet	SBCs / MSGs / SRPs	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)
COBHAM	Tactical GSM Interception
Delta SPE	Collection & Processing of Packet Data Satellite Services
Dialog	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
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
Guidance Software
Hacking Team	Remote Control System (Trojans)	Milano (IT)
LOQUENDO	Vocal Technology and Services
Newport Networks	VoIP COMINT
Plath GmbH	Communication Profiling	Hamburg (DE)
Nice Systems	Monitoring, Investigating, Tracking	(IL)	Public (NASDAQ: NICE)
Phoenix	Speech Recognition	(CZ)
QOSMOS
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		(FR)	(FR)
VASTech
OMNI Wildpackets