Italy runs out of wiretaps

By at 12:31 am Friday, Feb 25

Italy's TIM mobile carrier is drowning in wiretap requests from prosecuters, and its equipment can accomodate no more taps until some of the old ones are complete:
The Italian mobile operator TIM, one of the largest mobile phone companies in Italy has issued a unique warning that the number of wiretaps has reached the limit. In a fax sent to all Italian public prosecutors they say that they have already over-stretched their capacity from 5.000 to 7.000 simultaneously intercepted mobile phones. New requests now have to be processed on a 'first come first serve' basis, they write.
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