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Submissions pour in on Icasa spectrum licensing plan

February 2, 2020
Submissions pour in on Icasa spectrum licensing plan By STAFF REPORTER  2 February 2020 Icasa has received more than 40 written submissions on the licensing of broadband spectrum suitable for building 4G/LTE and 5G networks in South Africa as the communications regulator gears up to auction off radio frequency spectrum. The deadline for submissions was Friday, with...
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01
Feb

Successful Appeal Against Proposed Cell Phone mast in Somerset West

February 1, 2020
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31
Jan

Rollout of smart motorways put on hold amid safety concerns

January 31, 2020
Investigation finds 38 people killed on smart motorways in the past five years. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jan/30/rollout-of-smart-motorways-put-on-hold-amid-safety-concerns?fbclid=IwAR3T8VljMQ8JJOFvGQj8zCkApBXKgk0AX_6FJxtUWkEeUOz08cxHk5DsbBc Smart motorways are part of a plan by Highways England to reduce congestion. The routes feature technology designed to monitor traffic levels, change speed limits and close lanes to allow emergency vehicles through. Our comment: “smart” is not always better.
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31
Jan

5G: French Associations launches an Appeal With Supreme Court

January 31, 2020
Two French associations announced that they have launched an appeal with the country’s supreme court (Conseil d’Etat) against the government’s green light for roll-out of 5G networks. Environmental group Agir and Priartem, an organisation campaigning on electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS), are calling for an official assessment of the ecological impact and health risks associated with 5G,...
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31
Jan

EMFSA January 2020 Newsletter

January 31, 2020
Image credit Quino Al@quinoal Unsplash.com Our January 2020 newsletter can be viewed at  https://mailchi.mp/6e91efe7b4c0/emfsa-january-2020-news “For the Safer Use of Technology”
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28
Jan

Group Calls on Citizens to Blow the Whistle on Motorola Cell Phone Safety Studies

January 28, 2020
A new organization was launched last week to expose concealed information about the health and safety risks of mobile phones. The Mobile Phone Whistleblower Project – an initiative of Whistleblowing International – is calling on citizens – especially current and former employees of Motorola and other mobile phone and communications companies – to report information about...
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27
Jan

FRENCH AGENCY ANSES: LACK OF SCIENTIFIC DATA FOR HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT OF 5G

January 27, 2020
(Auto translated from French) The deployment of the “5th generation” communication technology promises innovative services based on new infrastructure. These technological developments will modify the methods of exposure of the population, and will require adapting the measurement and evaluation methods. As part of the deployment of 5G planned for the end of the year in France, ANSES...
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25
Jan

[Comment] Appeals that matter or not on a moratorium on the deployment of the fifth generation, 5G, for microwave radiation

January 25, 2020
Authors: Lennart Hardell, Rainer Nyberg Published online on: January 22, 2020     https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2020.1984 Copyright: © Hardell et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License. Abstract Radiofrequency (RF) radiation in the frequency range of 30 kHz‑300 GHz is classified as a ‘possible’ human carcinogen, Group 2B, by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) since 2011. The evidence...
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25
Jan

5G: Have Your Say South Africa

January 25, 2020
The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) has forged ahead with plans to speed up the local roll-out of 5G infrastructure despite Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams’ earlier hesitation. The public has until the end of January to make its input on the document. Have your say and help shape this policy. Click on the link below.
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