Recent GSMA Updates
GSMA: Risk Communication Guide for Mobile Phones and Base Stations
The GSMA has produced a handbook that aims to provide practical guidance and support on good risk communication practice for people working in the mobile industry, especially those who are facing public concerns about radio signals.
INTERPHONE: History of allergic disease and epilepsy and risk of glioma and meningioma (INTERPHONE study group, Germany), Berg-Beckhoff et al., European Journal of Epidemiology, Published online: 31 May 2009.
'...The positive association between epilepsy and particularly glioma suggests that epilepsy is an early symptom of the disease...'
GSMA: Interview - Bringing down the energy costs
Dr Jack Rowley, Director of Research and Sustainability at the GSMA, discusses the relationship between ICT and sustainability, and how the operators and network providers are tackling the energy challenge. He drops in some interesting figures and ideas.
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Australia: State Government eases planning rules for base stations
The New South Wales Government says it will amend the state planning system to improve the process for deploying mobile phone networks.
Columbia: Ministry says no proof of antennas cause cancer
Colombia's Ministry of Communications considers that there is no scientific evidence to prove that mobile networks are potentially damaging health.
Denmark: ICTs, the environment and climate change
The Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation hosted a high-level OECD conference on the potential of ICT to combat climate change.
France: Government Considering Trials of Lower Limits
Chantal Jouanno, Secretary of State for Ecology, stated that a committee will be in place soon to assess the possibility of applying lower limits.
India: Environmentalists seek new law on e-waste recycling
Greenpeace India is pushing for separate legislation for e-waste management to be enacted under the Environment Protection Act.
Isle of Man: A Review into the Health Impacts of Mobile Phone Masts
An Isle of Man government appointed working party has concluded that the consensus of research shows no health risk exists from masts.
Liechtenstein: Potential Referendum on 0.6 V/m Limit
A legislative initiative has begun to repeal the 0.6 V / m limit. If rejected by Parliament then a referendum could take place later this year.
Pakistan: Court puts carriers on notice over illegal masts
Sindh High Court issued notice to the DG Environmental Protection Agency and the PTA over the installation of masts in populated areas.
Turkey: Residents lash out at towers’ presence
Residents of an Istanbul neighbourhood are protesting three mobile phone masts near their homes.
Uganda: United Nations to use phones in Aids fight
The UN has started an AIDS health initiative called ‘Texting4Health’ to demonstrate the potential use of mobiles in health promotion.
UK: HPA response to Khurana et al
The Health Protection Agency has commented the differences among studies are not taken fully into account in the meta-analysis of Khurana et al. which suggested a link between prolonged usage of mobile phones and the development of brain tumours.
USA: Cellphone shields and brain cancer
Inevitably, worries about brain cancer spawned a market for products that supposedly protect cellphone users. The bottom line: Most experts think these devices are worthless.
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