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Section 3B
Regulatory Information
♦Regulatory Notices (page 28)
♦Patents (page 31)
♦Trademarks (page 31)
♦Copyright (page 32)
♦Limitation of Liability (page 32)
♦Additional Information and Updates (page 32)
This section contains important regulatory notices about your Sprint Mobile Broadband USB modem, and also patent and other information.
Regulatory Notices
The design of the Compass 597 USB modem complies with U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Industry Canada (IC) guidelines respecting safety levels of radio frequency (RF) exposure for portable devices, which in turn are consistent with the following safety standards previously set by Canadian, U.S. and international standards bodies:
⬤ANSI / IEEE
⬤National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) Report 86, 1986, Biological Effects and Exposure Criteria for Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields
⬤Health Canada, Safety Code 6, 1999, Limits of Human Exposure to Radio frequency Electromagnetic Fields in the Frequency Range from 3 kHz to 300 GHz