SwissCom: Radiation and Health

Making calls on your mobile with low radiation - more than a low SAR valueIf you want to keep your radiation emissions as low as possible when using your mobile phone, you can choose a low-radiation handset - and adapt your calling behaviour.

What is a low-radiation mobile phone?
The amount of radiation absorbed by the body, the so-called SAR value, is used as a measure of the emissions produced by a phone. This criterion is measured for all types of mobile phone functioning at maximum transmission power and when not being used in the best way. The measurement may not exceed the threshold value of 2 watts/kg, as proposed by the International Commission on Non-Ionising Radiation Protection (ICNIRP).

The SAR value is therefore like a crash test, but it does not tell us what the considerably lower radiation during normal use is. During normal use, mobile phones only transmit at the rate absolutely required and not at full power. For instance, our own research has shown that during normal use with an average signal, GSM mobile phone emissions are six times lower, and for UMTS phones these values are 100-1000 times lower. The largest reductions in exposure can therefore be made if you call on the UMTS network.

That's why only UMTS-compatible mobile phones with a low SAR value are designated low-radiation by Swisscom.

According to Electromagnetic Radiation Safety

Radiation and Health - Swisscom

Swisscom is a socially responsible wireless telecommunications company that tries to protect consumers from electromagnetic radiation. When will other companies act responsibly?

"cordless phones don't need to emit radiation when they are not being used ... Swisscom has set itself the target of minimising unnecessary radiation. Science cannot completely rule out that there may be an element of risk from radiation"

Low EM radiation on the move: http://bit.ly/12RQRYB

Low EM radiation in the home: http://bit.ly/12bJC06

Less radiation film: http://bit.ly/ZFoBru

Threshold values (how to reduce exposure): http://bit.ly/18V0Oba

http://www.swisscom.ch/en/ghq/responsibility/sustainable-living-and-working/radiation-and-health.html
"cordless phones don't need to emit radiation when they are not being used ... Swisscom has set itself the target of minimising unnecessary radiation. Science cannot completely rule out that there may be an element of risk from radiation"
Low EM radiation on the move: http://bit.ly/12RQRYB
Low EM radiation in the home: http://bit.ly/12bJC06
Less radiation film: http://bit.ly/ZFoBru
Threshold values (how to reduce exposure): http://bit.ly/18V0Oba

http://www.swisscom.ch/en/ghq/responsibility/sustainable-living-and-working/radiation-and-health.html