IT&Telecom member companies want to help the police

Recently, SR Ekot and TT, among others, reported that the police are paying dearly for telephone tapping and historical data such as call lists. According to Sveriges Radio Sjuhärad, this amounts to approximately SEK 40 million annually to mobile operators.

Kajsa Frisell, business policy expert, IT&Telecom companies is interviewed in the feature:
- "Our member companies obviously want to help the police. But the companies spend working hours - a lot of working hours, because this is time-consuming - to get the information. So they must be able to charge for this," she says.

The police think that telephone companies charge too much. They want the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority, PTS, to regulate how much the companies should be paid.

- The operators are companies that operate in a market where there is tough competition. Market players normally charge authorities for their services, so it is quite natural that operators charge the police," says Kajsa Frisell to techsverige.se.

You can watch the program here. Kajsa Frisell is interviewed about 11 minutes into the program.