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Speciic Absorption Rate (SAR) Certiication Information
Your wireless phone is a radio transmitter and receiver. It is designed and
manufactured not to exceed the exposure limits for Radio Frequency (RF) energy
set by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the U.S. Government.
These FCC RF exposure limits are derived from the recommendations of
two expert organizations: the National Council on Radiation Protection and
Measurement (NCRP) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(IEEE). In both cases, the recommendations were developed by scientiic and
engineering experts drawn from industry, government, and academia after
extensive reviews of the scientiic literature related to the biological effects of RF
energy.
The RF exposure limit set by the FCC for wireless mobile phones employs a unit
of measurement known as the Speciic Absorption Rate (SAR). The SAR is a
measure of the rate of absorption of RF energy by the human body expressed in
units of watts per kilogram (W/kg). The FCC requires wireless phones to comply
with a safety limit of 1.6 watts per kilogram (1.6 W/kg).
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The FCC SAR limit incorporates a substantial margin of safety to give additional
protection to the public and to account for any variations in measurements.
SAR tests are conducted using standard operating positions accepted by the
FCC with the phone transmitting at its highest certiied power level in all tested
frequency bands. Although the SAR is determined at the highest certiied power
level, the actual SAR level of the phone while operating can be well below the
maximum reported 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 of the phone.
Before a new model phone is available for sale to the public, it must be tested
and certiied to the FCC that it does not exceed the SAR limit established by
the FCC. Tests for each model phone are performed in positions and locations
(e.g. at the ear and worn on the body) as required by the FCC. For body-worn
operation, this phone has been tested and meets FCC SAR guidelines when used
with an accessory that contains no metal and that positions the mobile device a
minimum of 1.5 cm from the body.
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