Mobile phone manufacturers have another year before new handset radiation norms come into force to phase out existing models that don’t conform, according to an internal department of telecommunications (DoT) note, a copy of which has been sent to mobile manufacturers. Mint has reviewed the note.
In a notice issued on 25 January, DoT revised the specific absorption rate, or SAR, value from the currently enforced 2 Watts per kilogram (W/kg) to 1.6W/kg on the recommendation of an internal committee of the government that included officials and experts from DoT, the Indian Council of Medical Research, the department of biotechnology and the ministries of health and environment and forests. SAR measures the rate at which energy is absorbed by the body when exposed to a radio frequency electromagnetic field or electronic devices that use radio spectrum.
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In a notice issued on 25 January, DoT revised the specific absorption rate, or SAR, value from the currently enforced 2 Watts per kilogram (W/kg) to 1.6W/kg on the recommendation of an internal committee of the government that included officials and experts from DoT, the Indian Council of Medical Research, the department of biotechnology and the ministries of health and environment and forests. SAR measures the rate at which energy is absorbed by the body when exposed to a radio frequency electromagnetic field or electronic devices that use radio spectrum.
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