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Encryption Technology

Encryption Technology

Mitsubishi Electric has long taken a proactive role in the development of encryption technology for better data security across wireless and other networks.

We developed the highly secure encryption algorithm MISTY in 1995. It has proved itself against efficient attacks -- both differential and linear cryptanalysis -- and performs with fast processing speed and light implementation in hardware and software applications.

In use in many data transmission and e-commerce systems, a royalty-free patent license agreement was implemented in 1998 to make available essential patents for the MISTY encryption algorithm. MISTY's design technology has been adopted as the international standard for IMT-2000, the 3G mobile telecommunication system, and under the name KASUMI is implemented in all 3G handsets around the world.