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to assure the safety of all persons, regardless of age and health. The
exposure standard for wireless mobile phones employs a unit of
measurement known as the Specific Absorption Rate, or SAR. The
SAR limit set by the FCC is 1.6 W/kg. * Tests for SAR are
conducted with the phone transmitting at its highest certified power
level in all tested frequency bands. Although the SAR is determined
at the highest certified power level, the actual SAR level of the
phone while operating can be well below the maximum value. This
is because the phone is designed to operate at multiple power levels
so as to use only the power required to reach the network. In general,
the closer you are to a wireless base station antenna, the lower the
power output. Before a phone model is available for sale to the
public, it must be tested and certified to the FCC that it does not
exceed the limit established by the government adopted requirement
for safe exposure. The tests are performed in positions and locations
(e.g., at the ear and worn on the body) as required by the FCC for
each model. The highest SAR value for this model phone when
tested for use at the ear is
0.635
W/Kg and when worn on the body,
as described in this user guide, is
0.587
W/Kg(Body-worn
measurements differ among phone models, depending upon
available accessories and FCC requirements). The maximum scaled
SAR in hotspot mode is
0.789
W/Kg. While there may be
differences between the SAR levels of various phones and at
various positions, they all meet the government requirement for safe
exposure. The FCC has granted an Equipment Authorization for this
model phone with all reported SAR levels evaluated as in
compliance with the FCC RFexposure guidelines. SAR information
on this model phone is on file with the FCC and can be found under
the Display Grant section of http://www.fcc.gov/ oet/fccid after
searching on
FCC ID:
2ABOSSKYPLATB5
Additional information on Specific
Absorption Rates (SAR) can be found on the Cellular
Telecommunications Industry Asso-ciation (CTIA) web-site at
http://www.wow-com.com. * In the United States and Canada, the
SAR limit for mobile phones used by the public is 1.6 watts/kg
(W/kg) averaged over one gram of tissue. The standard incorporates
a sub-stantial margin of safety to give additional protection for the
public and to account for any variations in measurements.
