How Gaddafi's Cell Phone Network Was Hijacked



Rebels Hijack Gadhafi's Phone Network -- Wall Street Journal

A Group of Expatriate Executives and Engineers Furtively Restore Telecommunications for the Libyan Opposition.

A team led by a Libyan-American telecom executive has helped rebels hijack Col. Moammar Gadhafi's cellphone network and re-establish their own communications.

The new network, first plotted on an airplane napkin and assembled with the help of oil-rich Arab nations, is giving more than two million Libyans their first connections to each other and the outside world after Col. Gadhafi cut off their telephone and Internet service about a month ago.

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Libyan Rebels Reboot Cellphone Service After Gadhafi's Shutdown -- AolNews

My Comment: The geek in me loves stories like this one. The military analysis in me knows that this will have a positive impact for the rebels in Libya.

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