Nokia earns Tetra Class 3 certification
NOKIA -- I used encrypted handheld radios when I was in the USAF. Now the world's first TETRA Class 3 encryption interoperability certification has been granted to the Nokia TETRA system and three TETRA radios, including the Nokia THR850 and THR880 TETRA handsets. This important milestone was achieved at the end of July, following multi-vendor testing in early 2003. With this certification, Nokia TETRA technology now has been proven to meet the strict requirements for communications security in mission-critical government radio operations.
Class 3 encryption is the most powerful encryption mechanism provided by ETSI TETRA standards. It involved authentication of radio terminals with content encryption secured by automatically generated dynamic ciphering keys. Class 3 encryption has been a fundamental requirement of many governmental organisations to protect their vital TETRA communication against the eavesdropping of voice conversations and monitoring of radio signaling. If the Iraqis had used these radios, the US military would not have been able to accurately target some meetings of high-level officials.
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