On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Rony gnulinuxist@gmail.com wrote:
I am curious to know, what security do we use in India? I could not get exact details on the net. Is the security of GSM equipment pre-set by foreign manufacturers (read: their Govts.) or do we as Indians have some say to modify it?
Which phone do you have? There are utilities that let you monitor network (E.g. Current base station/transmit power/encryption etc).
Mostly these are "commercial" decisions. Spectrum is a precious commodity in India, so companies choose things that optimize spectrum utilization. Sometimes ,that means no encryption.
Mostly these parts of network management are outsourced to companies like Alcatel or Nokia-Siemens.
For Govt, it does not matter. Since they trap calls at switches, traffic is not encrypted at that level.
-Shamit