What is Lawful Interception ?

by Pertsol Telecom Telecom Solutions

Lawful Interception is a legal requirement that telecommunication service providers, throughout the world, have to support national security. It is mandatory for the Telecom Service Providers to have an interception system in their network which can help them comply with these Government Regulations. The service providers have to make sure that the interception system covers all the technologies, both present, and future. The lawful interception framework is directed by the international standards along with the local laws and regulations laid down by local governing bodies. Lawful Interception System is a complete solution that is capable of handling both circuit switch and packet switch traffic from both legacies as well as the latest telecom technologies including PSTN, 2G, 3G, 4G, LTE, NGN, IMS, etc. It is unified for network operators and telecom service providers which is fully compliant with international standards and has a proven track record.

What is the need for Lawful Interception:-

With the advancement in communication technologies, the way organized crime syndicates operating throughout the world has changed drastically. While many technological advances have been exploited for conducting criminal activities, none has likely had a greater impact or influence than the internet. This exploitation of the Internet has not only given rise to a completely new form of crime but is also facilitating criminality across other crime areas. Therefore in order to combat such illicit operations, Lawful Interception Companies must have access to suspicious communications that allows them to nip the bud at an early stage. To enable access to such communications, Governments across the globe have made it mandatory for Telecommunication Service Providers to intercept communications and transmit them to LEAs for further analysis. Lawful Interception (LI) is one of the regulatory requirements that telecommunication service providers must satisfy as a legal obligation towards the national security of the country in which they are operating their business.

Lawful Interception is designed to change and adapts as per the latest network up-gradation and technologies. It protects investments through its modular setup, accommodating network expansion as well as network changes. It can also integrate with existing Lawful Interception vendors incorporating it into a centrally managed unified solution.

The core purpose of Lawful Interception (LI) is to intercept the traffic and convert intercepted traffic into a format suitable for delivery to the National Authorities or Law Enforcement agencies, over a secure network. It can also retain the intercepted traffic for future use by the LEAs. compliant to international standards and has a proven track record. It is a complete solution that is capable of handling.

Benefits of Lawful Interception-

Lawful Interception is capable of handling networks with very high throughput requirements. It can handle multiple 100 Gbps links and is capable of selecting required traffic from these links.

Lawful Interception has a vast range of Input/Output adapters which makes it compatible with all the available access technologies and network equipment of all the major equipment providers. If required, customer-specific Input or Output adapters can be developed.