LG Electronics TD5130 manual What kinds of phones are the subject of this update?

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•National Telecommunications and Information Administration

The National Institutes of Health participates in some interagency working group activities, as well

FDA shares regulatory responsibilities for wireless phones with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).All phones that are sold in the United States must comply with FCC safety guidelines that limit RF expo- sure. FCC relies on FDA and other health agencies for safety questions about wireless phones.

FCC also regulates the base stations that the wireless phone networks rely upon. While these base stations operate at higher power than do the wireless phones themselves, the RF exposures that people get from these base stations are typically thousands of times lower than those they can get from wireless phones. Base stations are thus not the subject of the safety questions discussed in this document.

3.What kinds of phones are the subject of this update?

The term “wireless phone”refers here to hand-held wire- less phons with built-in antennas, often called “cell”, “mobile”, or “PCS” phones. These types of wireless phones can expose the user to measurable radiofre- quency energy(RF) because of the short distance between the phone and the user’s head.

These RF exposures are limited by Federal Communications Commission safety guidelines that were developed with the advice of FDA and other feder- al health and safety agencies. When the phone is locat-

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