Reports based on disclosures by former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden alleged Washington had conducted mass surveillance in Germany and had even eavesdropped on Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone.
Berlin subsequently demanded talks with Washington on a "no-spy" deal, but these collapsed after the United States appeared unwilling to give the assurances Germany wanted.
Germany also launched an overhaul of its internal communications and secure government networks. This is one of the first actions involving a US firm to result.
"The pressures on networks as well as the risks from highly developed viruses or Trojans are rising," Germany's Interior Ministry said in a statement.
"Furthermore, the ties revealed between foreign intelligence agencies and firms in the wake of the US National Security Agency (NSA) affair show that the German government needs a very high level of security for its critical networks."
Verizon has been providing network infrastructure for the German government's Berlin-Bonn network, used for communication between ministries, since 2010, the statement said. The contract is set to expire in 2015.
The government said Deutsche Telekom AG would replace services provided by Verizon, and noted Deutsche Telekom was already responsible for the most sensitive communications between ministries or between the government and German intelligence agencies.
Information on the value of the contract was not immediately available.
According to reports and documents published last year, Verizon was obliged to turn over international and domestic calling records of its customers to US intelligence agencies.
Verizon is the second-biggest US telephone company behind AT&T Inc in terms of revenue.
Detlef Eppig, head of Verizon's German unit Verizon Germany said: "Verizon Germany is a German company and we comply with German law."
Verizon did not receive any demands from Washington in 2013 for data stored in other countries, the company said.
"The US government cannot compel us to produce our customers' data stored in data centres outside the US, and if it attempts to do so, we would challenge that attempt in a court," it added.
The firm declined to comment on whether there had been requests in previous years.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/followceleb.cms?alias=Verizon,Verizon Germany,US National Security Agency,National Security Agency,German intelligence
Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang
German government cancels Verizon contract
Dengan url
http://pijitsehat.blogspot.com/2014/06/german-government-cancels-verizon.html
Anda boleh menyebar luaskannya atau mengcopy paste-nya
German government cancels Verizon contract
namun jangan lupa untuk meletakkan link
German government cancels Verizon contract
sebagai sumbernya
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar