Successful completion of EMF Measurements for the 2nd semester of 2010

Netfon has successfully completed the EMF measurements at the vicinity of MTN's base stations in Nicosia and Pafos for the second half of 2010.

MTN has assigned to Netfon the task of carrying out electromagnetic field (EMF) measurements at its mobile telephony base stations installed in the districts of Nicosia and Pafos, of calculating and evaluating the exposure levels of the public to EMF, and of comparing them with the National Exposure Limits.

The National Exposure Limits have been set by the Ministry of Health and conform to those stated in the European Council recommendation of 12 July 1999 (1999/519/EC).

The measurements performed were processed by extrapolating them accordingly to maximum traffic conditions and the calculated expanded measurement uncertainty was taken into consideration.

The final result (which corresponds to the worst-case scenario) was subsequently compared with the national exposure limit.

According to the results obtained, the average exposure quotient in the vicinity of the MTN's stations in Nicosia and Pafos was 0,064 (compared with 1), or 6,4% of the national exposure limit.

The measurements have been evaluated by the Department of Electronic Communications, Ministry of Communications and Works and were found to comply with their requirements.