The A5/1 Security Project has finished developing software that could be used to listen in on cellular phone conversations over the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) networks. The project leader plans to discuss this at the Black Hat security conference
At a conference in Germany, Karsten Nohl said he compiled tables that can be used to determine the keys used to secure wireless calls made over Global System for Mobile Communications networks.
Ericsson and Kapsch AG have agreed to buy GSM wireless assets from financially-troubled Nortel. Most of the 350 employees Ericsson wants to hire would be based in the U.S. Nortel has arranged to sell its carrier wireless, enterprise, optical networking and metropolitan Ethernet units.rn
If approved by courts and regulators, Ciena will offer jobs to about 1,400 Canadian Nortel employees. Infonetics analyst Andrew Schmitt predicts this will provide relief to Nortel employees concerned about their future