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Dec

LTE – 5G Market Statistics – December 2019

December 18, 2019
Source: https://gsacom.com/paper/lte-5g-market-statistics-december-2019/ LTE – 5G Market Statistics342 operators investing in 5G networks – 56 operators with commercially launched 3GPP-compliant 5G services. As of mid-December 2019 GSA’s NTS database showed: There are 791 operators with commercially launched LTE networks (offering broadband fixed wireless access and or mobile services). 236 operators hold licences to use spectrum for...
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17
Dec

FCC Takes Action on Wireless RF Emissions Standards

December 17, 2019
LEGAL ALERTS DEC 13, 2019 Will this Quell Public Concerns About the Safety of 5G Deployments? As wireless carriers increasingly seek to install wireless networks on utility poles and street lights within communities across the country, they often encounter public opposition in the local approval process based on the facilities’ purported health risks. While these debates...
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16
Dec

Top tech firms sued over DR Congo cobalt mining deaths

December 16, 2019
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-50812616?ocid=socialflow_twitter# Apple, Google, Tesla and Microsoft are among firms named in a lawsuit seeking damages over deaths and injuries of child miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The case has been filed by the International Rights Advocates on behalf of 14 Congolese families. They accuse the companies of knowing that cobalt used in...
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13
Dec

German Federal Office for Radiation Protection-Focus on Possible Influence of Electromagnetic Fields on Plants and Animals

December 13, 2019
The BfS wishes to further investigate indications of possible effects Year of issue 2019 Date: 2019.12.06 Some animal and plant species can perceive electric or magnetic fields. Although limited effects on plants and animals have been observed in some laboratory and field studies, there is still no scientific proof of a risk to plants or animals posed by electromagnetic fields...
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11
Dec

Berkeley’s “Cell Phone Right to Know” Law Survives Supreme Court Challenge

December 11, 2019
Electromagnetic Radiation Safety https://www.saferemr.com/2019/12/ December 9, 2019  In a major victory for consumer rights and public health, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a free speech challenge filed by the CTIA–The Wireless Association against the City of Berkeley‘s”cell phone right to know law.” Thus, the ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that the law is constitutional enables the...
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08
Dec

FeganScott Law Firm Confirms PhoneGate: New FCC-Accredited Lab Results Show Apple and Samsung Smartphone RF Radiation Levels Exceed Federal Limit

December 8, 2019
We are relaying the press release just published by the law firm FeganScott. We observe with great interest that they now use the term “PhoneGate” in the title of their release. SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec 6, 2019– National consumer-rights law firm FeganScott consolidated its two proposed class action suits against Apple (AAPL) and Samsung Electronics (SSNLF)...
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07
Dec

Open Season on 5G Critics, First NY Times, Now Scientific American

December 7, 2019
Last May, the New York Times tried to take down David Carpenter, a public health physician and the country’s most prominent 5G critic. Veteran science writer William Broad painted Carpenter as a willing tool of a disinformation campaign promoted by RT America, a TV network which he described as “the cat’s paw of Russian president, Vladimir Putin.” The...
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07
Dec

South African Mobile Operator Rain Aiming for 2,000 5G towers

December 7, 2019
Rain is partly owned by Patrice Motsepe, Paul Harris and Michael Jordaan. Investors African Rainbow Capital (ARC) is owned by Motsepe. According to ARC: -Mobile operator Rain will significantly expand its infrastructure in 2020. -By the end of November 2019 Rain had rolled out 250 5G towers. -Rain aims to roll out 700 5G towers by...
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07
Dec

Crystallising the potential of 5G

December 7, 2019
Written by Patrizia Toia on 5 December 2019 in Opinion About the author Patrizia Toia (IT, S&D) is vice chair of the Parliament’s Industry, Research and Energy Committee. The coming of 5G seems to offer huge potential but realising this safely and effectively will require detailed investigation and careful planning. The diffusion of mobile telephony first and the...
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