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Boeing unveils ultra-safe phone
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Boeing Co has unveiled a smartphone that appears to come straight from a James Bond spy movie.
In addition to encrypting calls, any attempt to open the casing of the Boeing Black Smartphone deletes data and renders the device inoperable.
The secure phone marks an extension of the communications arm of the Chicago-based aerospace and defense contractor, best known for jetliners and fighter planes.
Such a phone might have prevented damage to Washington’s diplomacy in Ukraine from a leaked telephone call. A senior US State Department officer and the ambassador to Ukraine apparently used unencrypted cellphones for a call about political developments in Ukraine that became public.
The phone is aimed at agencies and contractors who need to keep communications and data secure, according to Boeing and filings with the US Federal Communications Commission.
Made in the United States, the phone runs on Google Inc’s Android operating system. The 13.2 x 6.9cm handset uses dual SIM cards to access multiple cell networks.
Boeing is releasing few details about the wireless network operators or manufacturer it is working with, and has not provided a price or date by which the phone might be widely available. But it has begun offering it to potential customers.
The company has been developing the phone for three years, said Boeing spokeswoman Rebecca Yeamans.
“We saw a need for our customers in a certain market space,” she said.
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