Editing Nokia (section)

=== NSN's provision of intercept capability to Iran ===
In 2008, [[Nokia Networks|Nokia Siemens Networks]], a joint venture between Nokia and [[Siemens]] AG, reportedly provided [[Iran]]'s monopoly telecom company with technology that allowed it to intercept the Internet communications of its citizens.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8112550.stm|title=Hi-tech helps Iranian monitoring|last=Cellan-Jones|first=Rory|date=22 June 2009|work=BBC News|access-date=14 July 2009}}</ref> The technology reportedly allowed Iran to use [[deep packet inspection]] to read and change the content of emails, social media, and online phone calls. The technology "enables authorities to not only block communication but to monitor it to gather information about individuals, as well as alter it for disinformation purposes".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/irans-web-spying-aided-western-technology|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404124540/https://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/irans-web-spying-aided-western-technology|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 April 2019|title=Iran's Web Spying Aided By Western Technology|publisher=YaleGlobal Online|access-date=22 May 2017}}</ref>

During the [[2009 Iranian presidential election protests|post-election protests in Iran in June 2009]], Iran's Internet access was reported to have slowed to less than a tenth of its normal speeds, which experts suspected was due to using of deep packet inspection.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB124562668777335653 |title=Iran's Web Spying Aided By Western Technology|last=Rhoads|first=Christopher|author2=Chao, Loretta |date=22 June 2009|work=The Wall Street Journal|pages=A1|access-date=14 July 2009}}</ref>

In July 2009, Nokia began to experience a [[boycott]] of their products and services in [[Iran]]. The boycott was led by consumers sympathetic to the post-election protest movement and targeted companies deemed to be collaborating with the regime. Demand for handsets fell and users began shunning [[SMS]] messaging.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jul/14/nokia-boycott-iran-election-protests|title=Iranian consumers boycott Nokia for 'collaboration'|last=Kamali Dehghan|first=Saeed|date=14 July 2009|work=The Guardian |access-date=27 July 2009 | location=London}}</ref>

Nokia Siemens Networks asserted in a press release that it provided Iran only with a "lawful intercept capability solely for monitoring of local voice calls" and that it "has not provided any deep packet inspection, web censorship, or Internet filtering capability to Iran".<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com/global/Press/Press+releases/news-archive/Provision+of+Lawful+Intercept+capability+in+Iran.htm |title=Provision of Lawful Intercept capability in Iran |date=22 June 2009 |publisher=Nokia Siemens Networks |access-date=14 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625174434/http://www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com/global/Press/Press+releases/news-archive/Provision+of+Lawful+Intercept+capability+in+Iran.htm |archive-date=25 June 2009 }}</ref>