PTI

New Delhi, Jul 23: Mobile handset importers and local manufacturers will now be asked to adopt international standards with regard to electro magnetic field radiation exposure.       

Dropping the idea to issue its own norms, Department of Telecom (DoT) has now decided to adopt international guidelines regarding electro magnetic field radiation exposure for mobile telephones and base stations.       

DoT will adopt guidelines set by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection with regard to basic restrictions and reference levels for limiting radiation exposure, official sources said.       

A detailed system for implementation through third party would be worked out by the Telecom Engineering Centre, the technical wing of DoT, sources said.      

These conditions would be incorporated in the import licence of mobile sets, if any issued by DoT. Officials said domestic manufacturers would also be asked to adopt these standards and self certify their products .       

Custom authorities would be notified that the mobile handsets being imported should bear certification from manufacturers that they meet these standards.      

Operators would conduct audit and provide certificates regarding meeting of standards for Base Station antennae.