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IIT Bombay faculty seek removal of mobile tower
Mumbai :: India | 1 month ago
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Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay have written to the institute authorities, requesting them to remove a cellphone tower opposite their labs. As a pre-emptive measure, they have installed "shielding mechanisms" in their laboratories and
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Committee set up to monitor mobile tower radiation
Mumbai :: India | 2 months ago
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The department of telecom joined hands with the state government to form a committee to monitor the radiation limits of mobile towers in Karnataka. Satyanaryana Reddy, deputy director general, department of telecom, Karnataka Circle (Rural) on
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Fewer mobile towers may mean more radiation, says DoT report
New Delhi :: India | 4 months ago
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Ironically, the more serious worry is that weaker signals are forcing mobile handsets to compensate by ramping up transmission power, effectively resulting in higher radiation exposure for users from the phone itself. Since September 2012, following
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No mobile towers near schools, hospitals, directs Rajasthan High Court
Mumbai :: India | 6 months ago
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Holding mobile towers as a health hazard, the Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday directed telecom service providers operating in the state to remove within two months their towers falling in the vicinity of schools, hospitals and play grounds. The
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1,800 mobile towers in Mumbai are illegal
Mumbai :: India | 6 months ago
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W ith nearly 1,800 mobile phone towers in the metropolis being illegal, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is contemplating action against their operators, BMC Commissioner Sitaram Kunte said. The BMC has also assured that it would amend its
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Juhi Chawla climbs anti-cell tower bandwagon
Union :: NJ :: USA | 7 months ago
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Actor Juhi Chawla has written to Union minister of state for communication and information technology Milind Deora criticising the revised mobile tower radiation norms. The letter states that it is unfair that citizens be charged Rs4,000 if the
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Stolen mobile tower batteries recovered
Mumbai :: India | 8 months ago
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An FIR was registered after a complaint about the theft of the batteries. A special investigative team arrested accused Harwinder Singh (32) from Dhanas and recovered five stolen batteries from forest area, near the lake at Dhanas. During further
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Mobile operators move HC against panchayats levying fees for towers
Mumbai :: India | 8 months ago
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A petition in the Bombay High Court has alleged that gram panchayats in rural Maharashtra were collecting exhorbitant fees in the name of 'development charges' for granting 'no-objection certificates' to companies before they erect mobile towers in
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Reliance plans ultra-low-cost base stations
Mumbai :: India | 8 months ago
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Reliance Industries is working on ultra-low-cost base stations. Reliance is looking at a cost of Rs 1 lakh per base station, which would be used to transmit telecom signals. Compare this with the existing players who have set up towers incurring a
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IIT-B prof i¿½shieldsi¿½ you from mobile tower radiation
Mumbai :: India | 8 months ago
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Are you worried about health hazards caused by the mobile towers located near your house? Girish Kumar, a professor from the electrical engineering department of the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, has made it possible for you to protect you
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