Method for masking the location of a mobile subscriber in a cellular communications network

A method for mapping an actual location to a masked location for subscribers accessing a cellular telephone network, comprising the steps of:

• dividing a territory of cellular coverage into a plurality of snap grids, with each snap grid comprising a plurality of cells, and each cell having a center;
• detecting an actual location of said subscribers;
• displacing said detected actual location to a corresponding center of a cell containing said actual location;
• transmitting, within said cellular telephone network, said center as a masked location corresponding to said actual location;
• said cellular telephone network of a type comprising a plurality of grids, each grid having at least one row and each row having at least one cell having a center;
• detecting an actual location of a subscriber and determining a number of rows and a number of cells in each row associated with a corresponding grid;
• and
• if said corresponding grid comprises one row, or if the row in which said actual location is located contains only one cell, then displacing said actual location to said center.