The government today said telecom companies have to conduct audits and provide self-certification to be compliant to the radiation limit norms.
Amending the UASL licenses, Department of Telecom said that this has been included in public interest.
"The licensee shall conduct audit and provide self certificates annually as per procedure prescribed by Telecom Engineering Centre (TIC) or any other agency authorised by the licensor from time to time for confirming to the limits for antennae (Base Station Emissions) for general public exposure as prescribed by the International Commission on Non-Ionising radiation Protection (ICNIRP) from time to time," it added.
Various sectors had raised concerns about the possible health and environmental impacts of radio frequency radiation from cellular phone towers and antennas.
