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5G – technology as a vector of progress, debated in Cluj-Napoca
11.09.2019
ANCOM held in Cluj-Napoca a conference dedicated to 5G technology and the changes its implementation will bring for the Romanian society. “The 5G technology, the Internet of Things and the Artificial Intelligence are notions becoming ever more known among Romanians. The growing popularity of these new technologies, whose benefits cannot be denied, and their performances gave naturally birth to some concerns regarding the issue of the negative effects that their implementation might bring along. In this context, it is the authorities’ duty to offer the citizens accurate and objective information to help them make informed decisions, based on concrete data. According to an ANCOM survey seeking for the electronic communications users’ attitude and perception towards this matter, two thirds of the questioned users said they knew that electronic communications networks or the used devices can cause radiations, while 40% of the users do not take any protection against them. In fact, how significant are the radiations? Do the rules in force protect me or do I also need to take protection measures myself? We try to help all citizens in this regard with the results of the specialized measurements we make, but also with some recommendations that could change their habits in the use of electronic equipment”, Mr. Sorin Grindeanu, the President of ANCOM, said.
ANCOM Survey
ANCOM commissioned a study among the electronic communications users whereby it intended to find out their attitude and perception towards the electromagnetic field emissions.
According to the abovementioned survey, whose results will be made public in the following period, two thirds of the 1,430 questioned users are aware that the electronic communications networks or the devices they use can cause radiations, with mobile phones ranking first, with 90%, followed by mobile networks and tablets (53%), Wi-Fi routers (50%) and TV sets (44%).
Asked about how they protect themselves against these radiations, 40% of the questioned users do not take any measure of protection, 35% try to keep the equipment at some distance (for example, by using headphones to talk on the phone), 30% try to reduce the time of effective use, 18% turn their phone/Wi-Fi router off during the night or do not keep them in the same room where they sleep, while 8% know not to use the devices when the signal is week. The use of the so-called ”protection devices” is low, only 2%.
The ANCOM recommendations on the use of the electronic communications equipment under safe conditions are available in the leaflet ANCOM prepared on this occasion, available in Romanian here.
EMF Map
ANCOM constantly monitors the electromagnetic field intensity by means of 150 fixed broadband monitoring sensors set in Bucharest and other 62 cities throughout the country, positioned outdoor, in the public spaces located close to multiple sources of radio emissions.
The sensors are operational 24/24, transmitting the measurements to the www.monitor-emf.ro platform, once every 24 hours. The results of these measurements are made available for any interested person on the electronic platform as a map which contains details on the place, period and measured level of the electromagnetic field intensity, a level expressed as an absolute value and also as a percentage in comparison with the maximum allowed regulated levels. Additionally to the permanent monitoring of the electromagnetic field through the fixed sensors, according to the annual measurements plan, ANCOM also performs measurements with mobile equipment, whose results are available here.
” We permanently measure the intensity of the electromagnetic field through fixed and mobile sensors around hospitals, schools and crowded places, and we make the results public on the ANCOM website, by means of two maps. These measurements are averaged every 6 minutes, all the results framing - without exception - within the legal limits, including those we made upon the putting into operation of the first 5G stations in Romania. We then saw that the values rank at only 3% of the maximum reference threshold set by the law, similar to the values obtained before the installation of the 5G stations”, Mr. Cristin POPA, executive director within ANCOM, said during the event held in Cluj-Napoca. The full version of Mr Popa’s presentation is available, in Romanian, here.
The “5G – technology as a vector of progress” conference
The conference entitled “5G – technology as a vector of progress” brought together, within two sessions, representatives of the public authorities that implemented smart city projects, of the academic institutions of technical profile, as well as specialists in mass psychology to discuss various aspects of the 5G implementation process and its impact on the citizens.
The two sessions were followed by a practical demonstration of radio spectrum monitoring.
