Compliance information
Exposure to radio frequency signals
The BlackBerry® device radio is a low power radio transmitter and receiver. When the BlackBerry device radio
is turned on, it receives and also sends out radio frequency (RF) signals. The BlackBerry device is designed to
comply with Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC),
and Industry Canada (IC) guidelines respecting safety levels of RF exposure for wireless devices, which in turn
are consistent with the following safety standards previously set by Canadian, U.S., and international standards
bodies:
• ANSI®/IEEE® C95.1, 1999, American National Standards Institute/Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers Standard for Safety Levels with Respect to Human Exposure to Radio Frequency
Electromagnetic Fields, 3 kHz to 300 GHz
• National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) Report 86, 1986, Biological Effects
and Exposure Criteria for Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields
• Health Canada, Safety Code 6, 1999, Limits of Human Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic
Fields in the Frequency Range from 3 kHz to 300 GHz
• EN 50360, 2001, Product standard to demonstrate the compliance of mobile phones with the basic
restrictions related to human exposure to electromagnetic fields (300 MHz to 3 GHz)
• International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP), 1998, Guidelines for Limiting
Exposure to Time-Varying Electric, Magnetic, and Electromagnetic fields (up to 300 GHz)
• Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), 1999, Council Recommendation of 12 July 1999 on the
limitation of exposure of the general public to electromagnetic fields (0 Hz to 300 GHz)
• MIC, 2001, Article 14-2 of the Ordinance for Regulating Radio Equipment
To maintain compliance with FCC, IC, MIC, and EU RF exposure guidelines when you carry the BlackBerry device
on your body, use only accessories equipped with an integrated belt clip that are supplied or approved by Research
In Motion (RIM). Use of accessories that are not expressly approved by RIM might violate FCC, IC, and EU RF
exposure guidelines and might void any warranty applicable to the BlackBerry device. If you do not use a body-
worn accessory equipped with an integrated belt clip supplied or approved by RIM when you carry the
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