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Sep

Statement by U.S. Conference of Mayors CEO & Executive Director Tom Cochran on FCC’s Order Proposing to Usurp Local Property Rights

September 15, 2018
Washington, DC—Below is a statement by U.S. Conference of Mayors CEO and Executive Director Tom Cochran on recent FCC proposals diminishing local government ownership rights over local rights-of-way and other public property: “The U.S. Conference of Mayors strongly opposes recent proposals by the Federal Communications Commission to grant communications service providers subsidized access to local public property and to...
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15
Sep

India: Supreme Court will hear petitions about mobile tower radiation in November

September 15, 2018
New Delhi, September 14 Maitri Porecha https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/sc-admits-pleas-against-mobile-tower-radiation/article24949596.ece Apex court to hear petitions of actor Juhi Chawla, five others in Nov New Delhi, September 14 The Supreme Court on Friday accepted actor Juhi Chawla’s plea demanding tighter norms governing cell phone tower radiation. The court will hear the petition in November, along with the pleas of...
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13
Sep

Scientists criticize ICNIRP – NTP and Ramazzini RF cancer studies

September 13, 2018
Ron Melnick  (who designed the NTP cell phone study): 15 “extensive and misleading statements” made by ICNIRP on the NTP and Ramazzini RF – cancer studies: See the rest at the link below. We wish to point out number 7: Criticism by ICNIRP concerning the consistency between the NTP studies (NTP 2018a) and the Ramazzini...
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10
Sep

South Africa – Small Cells and 5G Reality Check

September 10, 2018
South Africa: 1. Your government is a business with a primary goal of making money. 2. Your government earns income from spectrum allocation. 3. Your government has shares in telecommunications companies. 4. Once everyone has “line of sight” from their bedrooms of a small cell less than 100m away the property values argument will likely...
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10
Sep

South Africa – 5G and Rapid Deployment

September 10, 2018
Background: FCCUp- WT Docket No. 17-79; WC Docket No. 17-84 (September 5, 2018) (1): To meet rapidly increasing demand for wireless services and prepare our national infrastructure for 5G, providers must deploy infrastructure at significantly more locations using small cell facilities. Building upon streamlining actions already taken by state and local governments, this Declaratory Ruling...
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07
Sep

France: New Law in Effect – Devices In Schools

September 7, 2018
Matthew Diebel, USA TODAY Published 8:54 a.m. ET Sept. 5, 2018  France: A new law has come into effect which outlaws phone use by students up to the age of 15. The legislation, which follows a campaign promise by French President Emmanuel Macron, also banishes tablets and smart watches. The ban is also in place...
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04
Sep

ICNIRP: NTP and Ramazzini RF Animal Studies

September 4, 2018
“Further Research Is Required” Louis Slesin from Microwave News reports: ICNIRP Finds NTP & Ramazzini RF–Animal Studies Unconvincing https://microwavenews.com/short-takes-archive/icnirp-ntp-ri September 4, 2018 The International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) has determined that the two recent animal studies pointing to a cancer risk from cell phone radiation are not convincing and should not be used...
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04
Sep

National League of Cities Releases Small Cell Guide for Local Government

September 4, 2018
The equipment is popping up in urban environments across the country, and the NLC is trying to educate local governments before 5G hits. by Ben Miller / August 31, 2018 http://www.govtech.com/network/National-League-of-Cities-Releases-Small-Cell-Guide-for-Local-Government.html As small cell wireless equipment — those little cell service-spreading doohickeys attached to structures such as streetlights and utility poles — proliferates across the...
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04
Sep

Electronic Communications Amendment Bill 2018

September 4, 2018
[1 September 2018] The Electronic Communications Amendment Bill 2018 and its accompanying Explanatory Memorandum were published in the Government Gazette on 31 August 2018. Electronic-Communications-Amendment-Bill-2018 Explanatory-Summary-Electronic-Communications-Amendment-Bill-2018
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