The German Telekom plans to be the first German provider to switch to the encryption software "A5 / 3". By the end of this year, the software should be in all base stations in use and make mobile phone calls more secure.
As the first supplier the German Telekom plans in Germany until the end of the nation-wide introduction of the encryption software "A5 / 3". Their own customers so that you can provide more security against eavesdropping on the wireless network, Deutsche Telekom Board Member Thomas Kremer told the Business Week . The encryption software currently used "A5 / 1" would be already "halfway tech-savvy hobbyists" to crack "little more than 100 euros," about eavesdropping stations, the calls can purposefully listen to up to 100 meters.
Telekom is the schedule ahead of competitors
Vodafone, E-Plus and O2 want to implement better software in the coming years, writes the business week. Originally Vodafone would be started as a pioneer, but the planned use of "A5 / 3" in March this year has been postponed for two years due to technical problems. So far, therefore, only one radio station was converted - namely that to the Reichstag and the Chancellery in Berlin's government district.
German Telekom is planning a move to "A5 / 3".
A similar thing happened first and the Telekom: The original plan was postponed due to problems with two older phone models by two months. They had first have to develop specialized software, explains the Telekom. The merging next year competitors O2 and E-Plus have apparently not yet submitted no schedule and stick to this, according to the Business Week covers.
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