rec.radio.scanner #7670 - Re: OJ's Cellular

[smb at research.att.com]

This article, reposted with permission from rec.radio.scanner, sheds
a bit of light on the topic.

In article <2u47fl$18no at hermes.acs.ryerson.ca>, cal at ee.ryerson.ca (Calvin Henry-Cotnam) writes:
> 
> I just heard an interview on the radio with a representitive from the
> "umbrella group" that represents the cellular industry.  He explained
> how position tracking is done, and stated that call content is not
> involved.  A court order is needed to track position, but another court
> order, presumably one more difficult to get, is needed to intercept the
> conversation.  The location tracking basically locates which cell site
> the call is being picked up by plus monitoring of actual signal strength
> which usually can get to within a mile of the location.

The original poster mentioned that he's not an expert on cellular; the
person he cited is from an ``''umbrella organization'' for the cellular
industry in D.C.