Existing Stations

In Cyprus, all operators must perform electromagnetic field (EMF) strength measurements in the vicinity of all their transmitting stations every 6 months, evaluate the exposure of public to EMF, compare it with the national exposure limit and report the findings to the Ministry of Communications and Works, Department of Electronic Communications (DEC).

Netfon carries out the measurements as briefly described in the measurement methodology section. Exposure quotients are then calculated; the Spectrum Exposure Quotient is subsequently augmented with the value of the Expanded Uncertainty so as to achieve 95% confidence and is compared with the national exposure Llmit whose value is unity (1). Based on this comparison, an appropriate statement regarding the evaluated exposure of public to EMF at the points of measurement is made.

Netfon has been carrying out this task for MTN Cyprus Ltd, the second mobile telephony operator in Cyprus as well as for a number of radio and television stations, organised groups and individuals. Especially for MTN, Netfon has been submitting since 1995 the measurement reports directly to the DEC for evaluation purposes.

Until the end of 2010, Netfon has carried out more than 10.000 EMF measurements and has submitted appropriate reports to DEC. All the reports have received the positive evaluation from DEC, both for the results as well as for the presentation.