Use of cell phones for discussing sensitive and confidential information is no longer secure. Interception threat level has increased lately as hackers have developed, demonstrated and published details of low-cost air-interface interception equipment.

In an effort to provide smartphone users with secure calling, Cellcrypt - a provider of encrypted voice calling on mobile phones - had introduced an encrypted voice calling solution, called Cellcrypt Mobile, which provides government-grade voice call security on commercial off-the-shelf smartphones.

In order to support Android (News - Alert) smartphones, the company has now released a new version of its encrypted voice calling application, Cellcrypt (News - Alert) Mobile for Android, which runs on Android devices operating over Wi-Fi, GSM and CDMA wireless networks.

"Cellular voice interception is different from other types of data breach,” said Nigel Stanley, practice leader of security at Bloor Research, in a statement. “If you lose a laptop, USB stick or disk drive it can be fairly obvious that the data has gone missing.  But with voice, a successful interception can leave no physical trace so there is little chance of realizing your data has actually been intercepted, resulting in disastrous consequences. If you can compromise a cell phone then you are more or less assured that you can collect the most relevant, current and damaging data possible about a user, their business or their private life.”

Cellcrypt’s voice call encryption solution facilitates secure calling to mobile phones and office phone systems (PBXs) to enable landline calling as well as access to standard PBX (News - Alert) features such as voicemail, conference calling and calling out to the public phone network.

The Cellcrypt Mobile provides encrypted voice calling using government-certified security in an easy-to-use downloadable application. This feature makes highly secure calling as easy as placing a normal phone call.

According to Cellcrypt, its Cellcrypt Mobile is a software-only solution that uses the IP data channel of cellular (2G, 3G, and 4G), Wi-Fi and satellite networks. It can be deployed to personnel anywhere in the world in a very short duration.

The new Encrypted Voice Calling for Android smartphones, available immediately on devices supporting Android 2.3, is interoperable with Cellcrypt running on other devices such as Nokia and BlackBerry (News - Alert) smartphones.

According to Cellcrypt, its Cellcrypt Mobile is in use by governments and corporations globally, uses cryptography certified to U.S. government National Institute of Standards and Technology FIPS 140-2 security standards and has been awarded the CESG Claims Tested Mark (CCTM) from the U.K. government’s information assurance authority.

Stanley added, “By supporting Android devices, Cellcrypt is providing enhanced security for one of the world’s most popular mobile platforms.”

Richard Greco (News - Alert), CEO of Cellcrypt, said in a statement, “With Cellcrypt’s support of Android we are meeting the usability demands of a fast-growing user base whilst continuing to help organizations meet their operational security requirements.”

The Cellcrypt Mobile encrypted voice calling application for RIM Blackberry was also released recently, as reported by TMCnet.