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320 mobile towers found exceeding EMF radiation limits: MoS Telecom
Telecom Department field units have tested as many as 11.6 lakh BTSs across the country for compliance to stipulated EMF radiation norms as on December 2022, of which 320 were found exceeding prescribed limits, Parliament was informed on Friday. As on December 31, 2022, penalties of Rs 13.10 crore have been recovered from defaulting telcom service providers for exceeding the prescribed EMF limits, Minister of State for Communications, Devusinh Chauhan said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha. "As on 31.12.2022, Licensed Service Area (LSA) field units of DoT have tested 11,61,281 number of Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs) across the country to check the compliance to prescribed Electromagnetic Field (EMF) radiation norms, out of which a total of 320 BTSs were found exceeding the prescribed EMF limits," Chauhan said. The amount collected through penalties is credited to the Consolidated Fund of India. Expenditures of the government are incurred from the 'Consolidated Fund of India'
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1G to 6G: Tracing the evolution of mobile network and where to from here on
As we progress towards this next generation of mobile network, let us look at the experiences that each generation brought with it and what the future - 6G - might hold
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Vi starts upgrading 3G subscribers to 4G, to continue 2G voice services
This will allow it to offer faster 4G data speeds to its 3G users
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85% growth in 3G data consumption in India last year: Report
Consumption of 3G data across India peaked to 82 petabytes or 8.2 crore gigabyte per month at the end of 2015 compared to 44 PB a month at the end of 2014, says Nokia MBiT study
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