‘Telecom service providers have complied with norms’

The debate on impact of cell phone towers, which are known to emit Electro Magnetic Fields, and their possible link to cancer has been raging for a while. On Thursday, Department of Telecom officials said that in Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy, telecom service providers have complied with basic safety standards of India regulatory authorities. In fact, impact of radiation from cell phone towers will be zero after a distance of nine meters,” said Deputy Director General, Telecom Enforcement Resource and Monitoring, Hyderabad, DoT, Y. Kiran Kumar. It included conducting surprise check-ups of at least 10 per cent of total cell phone towers in a city by experts to measure radiation levels.