Frequency jam May 12, 2009
Yet even if Ofcom decided this was a good idea - and it won't - there is an international dimension to the issue as the International Telecommunication Union's Radiocommunication Sector has the task of ensuring that the many systems in use do not interfere with each other. Much of the ITU's work is about balancing competing desires, but there are also real physical limits on what can be done. (BBC News -- Technology)
Cellphone subterfuge: Tuck it in your bra Apr 2, 2009
After doing some online research, the students discovered the device is outlawed under Sections 4 and 9 of Canada's Radiocommunication Act. The school had banned electronic devices from its classrooms since September, 2007, but iPods and cellphones kept streaming in, the principal told The Globe and Mail. (Globe and Mail)
Students boycott class after principal jams cellphones Apr 1, 2009
About 90 of the school's 343 students skipped classes last Thursday to let Mr. Gray know that the small tin box with four antennae, sitting in the school library, was outlawed under Sections 4 and 9 of Canada's Radiocommunication Act. Internet Links. (Globe and Mail -- Technology)