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Ajit Pai loses another court case as judges overturn 5G deregulation

Geekz Snow 2019-08-09

One of Ajit Pai's attempts to eliminate regulation of 5G deployment has been overturned by federal judges.

The FCC claimed its deregulation of small cells was necessary to spur deployment of 5G wireless networks.

The FCC order was of particular interest to tribal groups because it affected construction on "sites of religious and cultural importance to federally recognized Indian Tribes," the judges noted.

"The Order also effectively reduced Tribes' role in reviewing proposed construction of macrocell towers and other wireless facilities that remain subject to cultural and environmental review."

The FCC's opponents argued that the elimination of historic-preservation and environmental review was arbitrary and capricious, that it violated both the NHPA and NEPA, and that the changes to tribes' role in reviewing construction was arbitrary and capricious.

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued its unanimous ruling today.

The FCC has ruled current 5G safety standards do not need to be changed

Geekz Snow 2019-08-09

The U.S.’s Federal Communications Commission has sent out a press release confirming that it will not be altering radiofrequency exposure limits for 5G.

This comes at the same time as ongoing worries the cutting edge mobile network technology could prove harmful to humans.

The confirmation comes as part of a larger proposal from FCC chairman Ajit Pai, which would seek to make small changes in how radio wave emissions are judged to be safe — but only in terms of making the rules consistent across different types of technology.

As part of the proposal, various experts were asked their opinion on whether current levels of radiofrequency exposure from existing mobile technologies could be considering harmful or dangerous to humans.

According to the release, the answer was a resounding “no.” The FCC was also at pains to make it clear that exposure limits in the U.S. were amongst the “most stringent in the world.”

5G is the next huge development in mobile networks, promising a huge increase in download speed on mobile devices, and allowing for faster connections between a large network of interconnected devices.

The FCC says 5G is safe, but that won’t stop conspiracy theorists

Geekz Snow 2019-08-09

Most of the scientific community has already concluded that the latest generation of cellular technology, 5G, is at least as safe to human health as the 2G, 3G, and 4G technologies that became globally ubiquitous over the past two decades.

After an extended review, the agency has just given 5G a fairly definitive thumbs up for safety, though even this high level of reassurance is unlikely to stop conspiracy theorists from suggesting otherwise.

On paper, the FCC’s findings stop short of explicitly declaring any cellular technology trouble-free, but if you parse the legalese, that conclusion is hard to ignore.

As Commission Chairman Ajit Pai explains, the FCC will “continue to ensure the health and safety of workers and consumers of wireless technology” by “maintain[ing] the Commission’s existing radiofrequency (RF) exposure limits,” which “for handheld devices are among the most stringent in the world.” Put more simply, the FCC says your existing cellular phone is already operating within strict, safe limits, and as the 5G era dawns, there’s no need to reduce radio signal strength further.

Pai is also proposing that the FCC do away with service- or technology-specific rules, and instead establish broad guidelines so that new devices can comply more uniformly with radio emission limits.

In other words, rather than acting like 5G is somehow markedly different from 3G or 4G, or triggering a new outcry whenever 6G or other wireless standards are launched, the FCC wants rules that treat all radio-based devices the same.

FCC deems 5G safe

Geekz Snow 2019-08-08

Cell phones - old and new- are safe, including those that will use new 5G technology, so says the Federal Communications Commission.

FCC chairman Ajit Pai circulated a proposal Thursday that would keep the agency's current safety limits for radiofrequency exposure the same as it has been for 23 years.

Following more than six years of public input and review, the agency said that the current exposure levels for cell phones, wireless towers, Wi-Fi routers and all other devices emitting RF signals are safe.

There have been concerns and questions about the safety of mobile devices for years.

In 2011, the World Health Organization said cellphones might cause some brain cancers, leaving open the possibility that a link exists between cancer and cellphone radiation.

But most studies haven't found a link between radio frequency signals from cellphones or cell towers and disease.

The FCC says 5G is safe, again

Geekz Snow 2019-08-08

Federal Communications Commission officials said today that 5G is safe and the rules regulating radio emissions for safety don’t need to be changed in order to accommodate it.

FCC chairman Ajit Pai is proposing small changes to the way the commission determines whether radio wave emissions are safe, but those changes are only designed to make the rules more consistent across technology types, the commission said.

They aren’t being made any stricter, as the current limits are already “among the most stringent in the world.”

There has never been compelling evidence that 5G radio waves are dangerous.

While they’re higher frequency than the radio waves used for 4G, they remain in the part of the radio spectrum that doesn’t damage human DNA — what’s known as non-ionizing radiation.

Even the higher-frequency emissions used in 5G remain less energetic than visible light.

FCC deems 5G safe

Geekz Snow 2019-08-08

Cell phones - old and new- are safe, including those that will use new 5G technology, so says the Federal Communications Commission.

FCC chairman Ajit Pai circulated a proposal Thursday that would keep the agency's current safety limits for radiofrequency exposure the same as it has been for 23 years.

There have been concerns and questions about the safety of mobile devices for years.

In 2011, the World Health Organization said cellphones might cause some brain cancers, leaving open the possibility that a link exists between cancer and cellphone radiation.

But most studies haven't found a link between radio frequency signals from cellphones or cell towers and disease.

The FCC says 5G is safe, again

Geekz Snow 2019-08-08

Federal Communications Commission officials said today that 5G is safe and the rules regulating radio emissions for safety don’t need to be changed in order to accommodate it.

They aren’t being made any stricter, as the current limits are already “among the most stringent in the world.”

There has never been compelling evidence that 5G radio waves are dangerous.

While they’re higher frequency than the radio waves used for 4G, they remain in the part of the radio spectrum that doesn’t damage human DNA — what’s known as non-ionizing radiation.

Even the higher-frequency emissions used in 5G remain less energetic than visible light.

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