The technology intercepted the flow of traffic from Libya's main Internet service provider and harvested information from the stream using a method known as deep-packet inspection.

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The system intercepted traffic from Libya's main Internet service provider and sent it to the monitoring center in Tripoli, which the Journal found in August after rebels overran the capital city.

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The routers will be deployed over the course of the year, and used by China Telecom's Internet Service Provider, ChinaNet , which has a backbone covering 300 cities in 31 provinces, and provides connectivity speeds of 2.5 Gbps.

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