(09.Januar 2002) A new form of carrier-class behavioral-pattern monitoring has emerged that is capable of monitoring an individual or even an entire country across all communication platforms and protocols, from Web to wireless.

Israel-based Xacct Technologies has won numerous awards during the last three years for its intelligent business infrastructure platform and data gathering technologies. For
example, Red Herring has named it one of the “Top 50
Companies Most Likely to Change the World.” (…)

When asked if Xacct’s technology could help carriers to provide the type of data that the FBI has requested, Xacct’s vice president of technology, Eran Wagner, stated that “We provide them with a weapon; they could abuse the use of the weapon, but it’s up to them.”