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S
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AFETY
NFORMATION
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XPOSURE TO
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S
REQUENCY
IGNALS
Your wireless handheld portable tele-
phone is a low power radio transmitter
and receiver. When it is ON, it receives and
also sends out radio frequency (RF)
signals.
In August 1996, the Federal Communica-
tions Commissions (FCC) adopted RF
exposure guidelines with safety levels for
hand-held wireless phones. These guide-
lines are consistent with the safety stan-
dards previously set by both U.S. and
international standards bodies:
*ANSI C95.1 (1992)
*NCRP Report 86 (1986)
*ICNIRP (1996)
*American
National
National Council on Radiation Protection and
Measurements; International Commission on
Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection
Those standards were based on compre-
hensive and periodic evaluations of the
relevant scientific literature. For example,
over 120 scientists, engineers, and physi-
cians from universities, government health
agencies, and industry reviewed the avail-
able body of research to develop the ANSI
Standard (C95.1).
The design of your phone complies with
the FCC guidelines (and those standards).
T
HIS MODEL PHONE MEETS THE
'
GOVERNMENT
FOR EXPOSURE TO RADIO
.
WAVES
Your wireless phone is a radio transmitter
and receiver. It is designed and manufac-
tured not to exceed the limits for exposure
to radiofrequency (RF) energy set by the
Federal Communications Commission of
the U.S. Government. These limits are part
of comprehensive guidelines and establish
permitted levels of RF energy for the
general population. The guidelines are
based on standards that were developed
by independent scientific organizations
through periodic and thorough evaluation
of scientific studies. The standards include
a substantial safety margin designed to
assure the safety of all persons, regardless
of age and health.
R
ADIO
Standards
Institute;
S REQUIREMENTS
The exposure standard for wireless mobile
phones employs a unit of measurement
known as the Specific Absorption Rate, or
SAR. The SAR limit set by the FCC is 1.6
W/kg.* Tests for SAR are conducted using
standard operating positions accepted by
the FCC with the phone transmitting at its
highest certified power level in all tested
frequency bands. Although the SAR is
determined at the highest certified power
level, the actual SAR level of the phone
while operating can be well below the
maximum value. This is because the phone
is designed to operate at multiple power
levels so as to use only the power required
to reach the network. In general, the
closer you are to a wireless base station
antenna, the lower the power output.
Before a phone model is available for sale
to the public, it must be tested and certi-
fied to the FCC that it does not exceed the
limit established by the government-
adopted requirement for safe exposure.
The tests are performed in positions and
locations (e.g., at the ear and worn on the
body) as required by the FCC for each
model. The highest SAR value as reported
to the FCC for this model phone when
tested for use at the ear is 1.35 and when
worn on the body, as described in this user
guide, is 0.51. (Body-worn measurements
differ among phone models, depending
upon available accessories and FCC require-
ments.) While there may be differences
between the SAR levels of various phones
and at various positions, they all meet the
government requirement for safe exposure.
The FCC has granted an Equipment Autho-
rization for this model phone with all
reported SAR levels evaluated as in com-
pliance with the FCC RF exposure guide-
lines. SAR information on this model
phone is on file with the FCC and can be
found under the Display Grant section of
http://www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid after search-
ing on FCC ID BGB MT345.
Additional information on Specific Absorp-
tion Rates (SAR) can be found on the
Cellular Telecommunications Industry Asso-
ciation
(CTIA)
www.phonefacts.net.
* In the United States and Canada, the
SAR limit for mobile phones used by the
website
at
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