Exposure To Radio Frequency Signals - Blackberry CURVE 8300 - CURVE 8330 SMARTPHONE - SAFETY AND Product Information

Exposure to radio frequency signals

The BlackBerry® device radio is a low power radio transmitter and receiver. When the BlackBerry
device radio is turned on, it receives and also sends out radio frequency (RF) signals. The
BlackBerry device is designed to comply with Federal Communications Commission (FCC),
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), and Industry Canada (IC) guidelines
respecting safety levels of RF exposure for wireless devices, which in turn are consistent with
the following safety standards previously set by Canadian, U.S., and international standards
bodies:
• ANSI/IEEE C95.1, 1999, American National Standards Institute/Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers Standard for Safety Levels with Respect to Human Exposure
to Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields, 3 kHz to 300 GHz
• National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) Report 86, 1986,
Biological Effects and Exposure Criteria for Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields
• Health Canada, Safety Code 6, 1999, Limits of Human Exposure to Radiofrequency
Electromagnetic Fields in the Frequency Range from 3 kHz to 300 GHz
• International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP), 1998,
Guidelines for Limiting Exposure to Time-Varying Electric, Magnetic, and
Electromagnetic fields (up to 300 GHz)
• MIC, 2001, Article 14-2 of the Ordinance for Regulating Radio Equipment
To maintain compliance with FCC and IC RF exposure guidelines when you carry the BlackBerry
device on your body, use only accessories that are supplied or approved by Research In Motion
(RIM), or accessories that contain no metallic components and provide a separation distance
from the body of at least 0.98 inches (25 mm). Use of accessories that are not expressly approved
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