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Compliance information
Exposure to radio frequency signals
The BlackBerry Smart Card Reader is a low-power radio transmitter
and receiver. When the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader radio is on, it
receives and also sends out RF signals. The BlackBerry Smart Card
Reader complies with U.S. Federal Communications Commission
(FCC), Industry Canada (IC), and European Union (EU) guidelines
respecting safety levels of RF exposure for wireless BlackBerry Smart
Card Reader devices, which in turn are consistent with the following
safety standards previously set by Canadian, United States, and
international standards bodies:
• ANSI/IEEE C95.1, 1999, IEEE Standard for Safety Levels with
Respect to Human Exposure to Radio Frequency
Electromagnetic Fields, 3 kHz to 300 GHz
• National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
(NCRP) Report 86, 1986, Biological Effects and Exposure
Criteria for Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields
• Health Canada, Safety Code 6, 1999, Limits of Human
Exposure to Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields in the
Frequency Range from 3 kHz to 300 GHz
• EN 50360, 2001, Product standard to demonstrate the
compliance of mobile phones with the basic restrictions
related to human exposure to electromagnetic fields (300
MHz to 3 GHz)
• International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation
Protection (ICNIRP), 1998, Guidelines for limiting exposure to