Address issue of cell tower radiation: Parliament panel to governmentThe committee on Demands for Grants of Environment Ministry, has also urged Ministry to implement the judgments of various courts on the ma...
17 May, 2015, 12.10 PM IST
- Address issue of cell tower radiation: Parl panel to govt
Observing that electromagnetic radiation from cell towers are a matter of "great concern", a parliamentary panel has asked the Environment ...
17 May, 2015, 12.04 PM IST
DoT failed to fine firms for violating tower radiation rules: CAGCAG has pulled up DoT's vigilance arm of for failing to impose penalty to tune of Rs 4,300 crore on telecom operators for violating mobile ...
08 May, 2015, 10.40 PM IST
‘Radiation by cell towers no issue if norms followed’The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and National Green Tribunal (NGT) have said that cell-tower radiations are not a "pollutant" or ...
20 Apr, 2015, 06.27 AM IST
DoT for campaign to allay radiation fears about telecom towersDoT has asked its monitoring wing TERM to carry out a media campaign to allay "undue apprehensions" about possible health effects of radiat...
15 Dec, 2014, 11.25 AM IST
DoT asks municipal bodies to send radiation complaints to cellThe Department of Telecom has asked municipal bodies in Delhi and NCR to forward complaints related to mobile radiation to local cells desi...
11 Jun, 2014, 06.32 PM IST
Radiation-linked concerns should shift to handsets: Cellular Operators Association of IndiaThe COAI chief’s views mirrored telecom secretary M F Farooqui’s recent call for strict adherence to DoT’s inclusive policy rules on tower ...
17 Apr, 2014, 12.15 PM IST
Farooqui wants Maharashtra to tone down telecom tower rulesIn his letter to Maharashtra Chief Secretary JS Saharia, Farooqui said several provisions in the state’s draft policy “are at variance and ...
19 Mar, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
DoT for doubling fine for violation of cell tower radiation normsA panel has recommended doubling the penalty for any violation in cell tower radiation levels to Rs 10 lakh per site per telecom service pr...
19 Sep, 2013, 05.30 AM IST
New tower norms industry friendly, say telecom bodiesTelecom industry bodies welcomed guidelines for setting up towers across the country as it would help mobile cos to offer better network co...
20 Aug, 2013, 05.00 AM IST
Government seeks research proposals to study mobile radiationGovernment has called for research proposals to study the possible impact of electromagnetic frequency radiation on humans and living organ...
14 Jun, 2013, 02.37 PM IST
- Government seeks research proposals to study mobile radiation
Amid concerns over radiation from cell phone towers, government on Friday called for research proposals to study the possible impact of ele...
14 Jun, 2013, 01.47 PM IST
Sibal calls for doubling penalty for violation in cell tower radiation levelsMobile phone companies will soon have to shell out Rs 10 lakh per site as penalties for any breach in cell tower radiation levels
01 Jun, 2013, 08.49 PM IST
Telecom firms press for review of cell tower radiation finesTelecom lobby groups representing GSM and CDMA carriers say that the penalty for delay in compliance due to issues such as lack of proper p...
18 Apr, 2013, 04.59 AM IST
Cell tower radiation: SC to hear plea against HC order banning towers from public-use buildingsDoT has lowered the permissible radiation limits for tower companies to 0.45 watts per sq metre - one-tenth of the ICNIRP guidelines - for ...
06 Feb, 2013, 12.18 PM IST
Bharti Infratel IPO: HC to hear PIL on January 30"We will hear it on January 30," a bench comprising chief Justice D Murugesan and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw said and decided to club the P...
28 Dec, 2012, 06.09 PM IST
Radiation from cell phone towers: Devices to mitigate effect of hazardous emissions getting marketThe jury is out on radiation from cell phone towers, but devices offering to mitigate the effects of hazardous emissions seem to have found...
05 Aug, 2012, 11.31 AM IST