"On the heels of revelations that Brazilian telcos appear to have helped the NSA tap into all communications, everywhere, new information suggests that Australian incumbent telco Telstra has also been helping the United States government hoover up consumer data. According to The Canberra Times, Telstra agreed more than a decade ago to store huge volumes of electronic communications it carried between Asia and America for U.S. intelligence agencies to sift through"
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Australias-Telstra-Also-Aided-US-Spying-Efforts-124960