Emails, chats to be tapped in real time

NEW DELHI: Security agencies will soon be equipped to intercept emails and cyber chat in real time via the Centralized Monitoring System (CMS). The high-tech CMS, expected to be operational in a year, will be installed in 30 locations across the country, including Delhi and state capitals. 

The CMS will enhance capacity of security agencies to monitor over 1,500 gbps of traffic through international gateways. Currently, about 25%- 30% traffic can be tracked by Indian agencies. It will allow decryption of voice-over internet protocol like Skype, mails and cyber chats in real time. 

CMS will allow voice matching during a cellphone with reference to a sample in the database and zero in on the device's location. The data can, then, be integrated on a digital map. 


Now, security agencies can locate a person within a 500m radius after intercepting cellphone conversation. CMS will reduce the radius to 50m, enabling security agencies to zero in on the target faster. 

The Rs 450-crore CMS will have facilities to monitor voice calls, SMS , MMS, GPRS and FAX communications on landlines , CDMA and GSM networks . DOT's Telecom Enforcement Resource and Monitoring (TERM) Cell will monitor to prevent unauthorized interception or access to records and violation of norms.

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