Mobile Phones Will Have Radiation Tag from Sept

Bangalore: All Indian and international mobile manufacturers will have to provide a radiation tag with SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) value of less than 1.6 to their mobile phones from this September.

The Indian government has now made the radiation tag mandatory for manufacturers; these tags will show the SAR level on their devices. According to the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology all mobile phone which will be sold in India after September 2012 should have SRA information on them.

This new radiation tag rule is applicable for both Indian and international mobile makers who sells their handsets in India. Indian government is trying to make the rule obligatory from past few months to make the Indian customers aware and more knowledgeable about the mobiles they buy. This rule also aims to improve in the quality of phones in Indian market.