IP: Following Up Mobile Phone Jammers

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

From: jspira () basex com
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To: farber () cis upenn edu
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 00:20:30 -0500
Subject: IP: Following Up Mobile Phone Jammers

Dave, good evening

This follows up a thread I started about a year or so ago concerning mobile
phone jamming in Japan.

Best.

/s/ Jonathan

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                    Mobile Phone Jammers Banned In Australia
                             (Newsbytes; 03/15/99)

 SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, 1999 MAR 10 (Newsbytes) -- By Adam Creed, Newsbytes.
The
Australian Communications Authority (ACA) has banned the use and supply of
mobile telephone jamming equipment in Australia, the first time the
organization has prohibited use of a telecommunications device.

  Mobile phone jammers can cause deliberate interference to licensed
services
operated by mobile carriers. They are gaining interest as a way to prevent
mobile phones ringing in public areas like restaurants and theaters.

  In Japan, where mobile phone use is high, the country's Ministry of Posts
and
Telecommunications has legitimized jammer use, with the issuing of licenses
for
equipment capable of blocking signals (Newsbytes, December 2, 1998).

  Jammers that operate in the 870-960 megahertz (MHz) or 825-845 MHz
frequency
bands, those used for mobile telephone services in Australia, and interfere
with communications have been outlawed under the Australian
Radiocommunications
Act 1992.

  The ACA is further concerned that such high-powered devices may exceed
the
strict electromagnetic radiation limits imposed for health reasons,
particularly when used in confined areas.

  The ACA says it will prosecute any person operating or supplying a jammer
in
an effort to prevent the "substantial long term social costs that could
arise
if mobile telephone jammers were allowed to proliferate."

  Reported By Newsbytes News Network, http://www.newsbytes.com

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 (19990310/WIRES ASIA, TELECOM, GOVT/CELLPRIVACY/PHOTO)

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