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Phone safety
Radio frequency (RF) energy
Your Kyocera smartphone is a radio transmitter and receiver. When it is
on, it receives and also sends out RF energy. Your service provider’s
phone network controls the power level of the RF signal. This power level
can range from 0.006 watts to 0.6 watts.
There are situations in which wireless phones must be turned off for
reasons of safety. You can quickly turn off the Kyocera smartphone
simply by holding down for a few seconds.
Exposure to RF energy
In August 1996, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
adopted RF exposure guidelines with safety levels for hand-held wireless
phones. These guidelines are consistent with the safety standards
previously set by both U.S. and international standards bodies in the
following reports:
■ ANSI C95.1 (American National Standards Institute, 1992)
■ NCRP Report 86 (National Council on Radiation Protection and
Measurements, 1986)
■ ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation
Protection, 1996)
Medical devices
Pacemakers—If your portable wireless phone is too close to a pacemaker,
the phone’s RF energy may interfere with the pacemaker’s operation. The