Law Enforcement / Intelligence Agencies
As voice and data networks converge to form single multimedia communications networks, the complexity of surveillance, recording and evaluation equipment in lawful interception and monitoring systems increases. In addition to the basic technological problems, this throws up a number of new administrative, legal and economic questions that must be addressed.
Only a high degree of flexibility in lawful interception and monitoring systems ensures that it remains possible to manage the rapid development in communications networks with regard to transmission media, terminal equipment and protocols, the large number of systems providers for various network components and the only partially specified standardisation of gateways.
