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						Guidelines for Safe and Efficient Use
Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection),					More information on radio frequency exposure.and SAR
through periodic and thorough evaluation of scientific					can be found on: www.ericsson.com/healthc.
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radio wave exposure for the general population. All					standards that Ericsson mobile nphone models are
Ericsson mobile phone models are designed to operate					designed to conform to:			o
within these stringent levels. The levels include a safety					•		s
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margin designed to assure the safety of all persons,							s
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regardless of age and health, and to account for any						i
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variations in measurements.						limiting exposure to time-varying electric, magnetic,
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Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) is the unit of						and electromagnetic fields (up to 300 GHz)”, Health
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measurement for the amount of radio frequency energy					e	Physics, vol. 74, pp 494-522, April 1998.
						99/519/EC, “Council Recommendation of
absorbed by the body when using a mobile phone. The
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SAR value is determined at the highest certified poweru						12 July 1999 on the limitation of exposure of the
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level in laboratory conditions, but the actual SAR level of
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the phone while operating can be well below this value.
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This is because the phone is designed to use the
minimum power required to reach the network.					•	IEEE C95.1-1991, “Safety levels with respect to
Therefore, the closer you are to a base station, the more						human exposure to radio frequency electromagnetic
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likely it is that the actualmSAR level will decrease.						fields, 3 kHz to 300 GHz”, The Institute of
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Variations in SAR below the radio frequency exposure						Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE).
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guidelines do not mean that there are variations in safety.					•	FCC Report and Order, ET Docket 93-62, FCC
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While thereomay be differences in SAR levels among						96-326, Federal Communications Commission
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mobile phone models, all mobile phone models must be
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odesigned to meet radio frequency exposure guidelines.
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