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Cell Phones in India to carry radiation information
By Manan Kakkar | May 8, 2012, 7:58am PDT
Summary: The
government of India has directed mobile handset manufacturers to
mention the radiation levels on the handsets starting September of this
year.
Earlier this year, the government came out strong on the topic of
cell phone radiation and instructed all phone manufacturers to limit the
Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) to 1.6 Watt/Kg. SAR is the rate at
which a human body absorbs energy due to an electromagnetic field. The
rate set by the government of India is 1.6 Watt/Kg per 1 g of human
tissue. The Federal Communications Commission in the US
has prescribed the same levels for cell phone manufacturers in the US;
the EU, however, is different. The new SAR levels will be in effect starting September of this year and OEMs are expected to have the SAR mentioned on the handsets going forward. The rule applies to all handsets sold in India irrespective of where they are manufactured.
In an update in the Upper House of Parliament of India, the Rajya
Sabha, Minister of Communication and Information Technology, Milind
Deora said that cell towers radiations across the country are within prescribed limits.
This information comes from tests conducted by the Department of
Telecom (DoT) in India. Cell Tower radiations aren’t the only threat to
environment. According to some statistics,
due to poor electricity availability in rural India, nearly 240,000
cell towers run on Diesel fuel consuming close to 2 Billion Litres of
fuel a year. Yes, 2 Billion Litres of Diesel to ensure cell phone
connectivity. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has asked the
cell tower companies to look at greener technologies. The companies
believe opting for alternate technologies to run the towers will reduce
their operation costs as well.
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