Guidelines for Safe and Efficient Use
General
Since its introduction in the mid 1980s the mobile phone is
one of the most exciting and innovative products ever devel-
oped. Your phone can help you to stay in touch with your of-
fice, your home, emergency services and others.
Your mobile phone is a radio transmitter and receiver. When
the phone is turned on it receives and transmits radio fre-
quency (RF) energy. Depending on the type of mobile phone
you have purchased, it operates in different frequency ranges
and employs commonly used modulation techniques. The
system that handles your call when you are using your phone,
controls the power level at which your phone transmits.
Exposure to Radio Frequency Energy
Your wireless handheld portable telephone is a low power ra-
dio transmitter and receiver. When it is ON, it receives and
also sends our radio frequency (RF) signals.
In August, 1996, the Federal Communications Commissions
(FCC) adopted RF exposure guidelines with safety levels for
handheld wireless phones. Those guidelines are consistent
with the safety standards previously set by both US and inter-
national standards bodies:
•
ANSI C95.1 (1992)*
•
NCRP Report 86 (1986)*
•
ICNIRP (1996)*
Those standards were based on comprehensive and periodic
evaluations of the relevant scientific literature. For example,
over 120 scientists, engineers, and physicians from universi-
ties, government health agencies, and industry reviewed the
available body of research to develop the ANSI Standards
(C95.1).
The design of your phone complies with the FCC guidelines
(and those standards).
* American National Standards Institute: National Council on Ra-
diation Protection and Measurements; International Commission on
Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection.
Efficient Phone Operation
How to use your phone for optimum performance with
minimum power consumption:
•
Hold the phone as you would any other telephone. While
speaking directly into the mouthpiece, angle the antenna
in a direction up and over your shoulder.
•
Do not
hold the antenna when the phone is in use. Hold-
ing the antenna affects call quality, may cause the phone
to operate at a higher power level than needed and
shorten talk and standby times.
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