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Oct

GSMA Europe-Review of the Radio Spectrum Policy Programme

October 15, 2020
Thursday 15 Oct 2020 Review of the Radio Spectrum Policy ProgrammeGSMA Europe Policy Paper Download available at this link: https://www.gsma.com/gsmaeurope/resources/review-of-the-rspp/ 9.1 EMFEquipment manufacturers like Ericsson and Nokia have provided demonstrations on the basis of the IEC 62232/62669 work that led to the new methodology for AAS and mMIMO. These simulations included 6min averaging before the...
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15
Oct

Telkom lodges complaint against Vodacom and Rain’s partnership

October 15, 2020
Source: https://mybroadband.co.za/news/telecoms/371451-telkom-lodges-complaint-against-vodacom-and-rains-partnership.html Staff Writer 14 October 2020 Telkom approached the Competition Tribunal today to declare the suite of spectrum arrangements between Vodacom and Rain as a merger. According to Telkom, this merger should have been notifiable in terms of the Competition Act. Telkom contends that the merger is notifiable because the multiple agreements between Vodacom...
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13
Oct

Katie Singer: “Letters to Greta”

October 13, 2020
“Letters to Greta” report on the ecological impacts of streaming video, 5G, manufacturing smartphones, e-vehicles, solar panels and wind turbine systems. Katie Singer writes about technology and nature. “An Electronic Silent Spring” is her most recent book. In 2018, she spoke about the Internet’s footprint at the United Nations. She dreams that every smartphone user...
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13
Oct

Chinese 5G Not Living Up to Its Hype

October 13, 2020
Source: https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/voa-news-china/chinese-5g-not-living-its-hype By John Xie October 10, 2020 Mounted on rooftops, utility poles and streetlights throughout China since last year are hundreds of thousands of high-tech wireless towers for 5G, a powerful sign of the country’s ambition to lead in new technology. Yet many of them are operational for only half the day. China Unicom, one...
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13
Oct

European Parliament Questions-Subject: 5G and Health Risks from EM Fields

October 13, 2020
Parliamentary questions, September 24, 2020 Subject: 5G and health risks from EM fields: Commission deliberately confuses the positions of the SCENIHR and SCHEER committees In his answer to the parliamentary question from Member of the European Parliament Sinčić (P-000873/2020) (1) , Commissioner Breton stated that the Scientific Committee on Health Risks, Environmental Risks and Emerging Risks (SCHEER)...
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13
Oct

France to increase safety tests on 5G waves

October 13, 2020
Source: https://tinyurl.com/y45x97mp The aim is to reassure the public and local officials before technology is rolled out across country. In 2021, 80% of popular smartphone models sold in France are expected to be tested for 5G safety 13 October 2020 By Joanna York The government announced plans on Monday (October 12) to double testing on the...
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13
Oct

Belgian law blocks use of fitness apps by insurers

October 13, 2020
Source: Telecompaper.com https://tinyurl.com/yy3dhyzj Tuesday 13 October 2020 Insurance companies may not use personal data collected from fitness apps such as Fitbit or Runkeeper, according to a law approved by the Belgian parliament. Furthermore, they may not condition premiums or coverage on a customer’s use of such apps, reports Computable.  Read more at: https://tinyurl.com/yy3dhyzj
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10
Oct

Is falling off a cell tower structure the only health risk?

October 10, 2020
In South Africa we are familiar with the following statement by a government official in regards to perceived health risks from a cell tower: “the only real threat to the health of the person would be falling at any height from the structure in question“. This is, in our opinion, a very misguided statement. What...
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10
Oct

Cellphone Carriers Lobby Against Pentagon Plan for National 5G Network

October 10, 2020
Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/cellphone-carriers-lobby-against-pentagon-plan-for-national-5g-network-11602271148?mod=e2tw Defense Department would bypass usual auction process for airwaves; AT&T CEO visited White House to argue against it. Two federal agencies are moving forward with conflicting plans to commercialize a valuable chunk of wireless spectrum controlled by the Defense Department, leaving the future of an asset worth tens of billions of dollars in...
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