CONDOR secure cell phone
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Qualcomm
Qualcomm
Qualcomm is an American global telecommunication corporation that designs, manufactures and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services based on its code division multiple access technology and other technologies. Headquartered in San Diego, CA, USA...

 built several prototype secure CDMA phones for NSA under a contract project called "Condor". The NSA insisted on hardware encryption, which Qualcomm originally implemented using Fortezza
Fortezza
Fortezza is an information security system based on a PC Card security token. Each individual who is authorized to see protected information is issued a Fortezza card that stores private keys and other data needed to gain access...

 PC card
PC card
In computing, PC Card is the form factor of a peripheral interface designed for laptop computers. The PC Card standard was defined and developed by the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association which itself was created by a number of computer industry companies in the United States...

s, but later it became apparent that what the NSA really wanted was developed as the STU-III
STU-III
STU-III is a family of secure telephones introduced in 1987 by the NSA for use by the United States government, its contractors, and its allies. STU-III desk units look much like typical office telephones, plug into a standard telephone wall jack and can make calls to any ordinary phone user...

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See also

  • Secure Communications Interoperability Protocol
  • Sectéra Secure Module for Motorola GSM cell phones
    Sectéra Secure Module
    Sectéra is a family of secure voice and data communications products made by General Dynamics C4 Systems which are approved by the United States National Security Agency...

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