During the last 4 fours, a lot of changes have taken place in Indian telecom sector. The number of fixed-line users has come down. People want to go for mobile phone whether it is necessary or not. The revolution is a phenomenon. As of end of February 2009, the mobile phone user base was 376 million. The major GSM players are: Bharti, Vodafone, BSNL and Idea, while the CDMA firms are mainly Reliance and Tata Teleservices. The time spent by people making or receiving calls on mobile phones is one the rise. At the end of December 2008, minutes of GSM mobile usage (mou) worked out to be an average 496 minutes per month. The demand for mobile phones from rural sector is also increasing greatly.
One can see the many tall mobile tower structures coming up in the rural skylines. In cities, mobile towers are erected on building tops in heavily populated areas. The electromagnetic pollution levels measured in some places are much more than the permissible levels. It is also reported that the radiation from the towers can cause many health effects, including cancer, headaches, genetic disorders, etc. None of the service providers has come forward to explain the higher radiation levels measured and the actual position to the common man.
The mobile users in the country have a right to know what are the benefits and harmful effects of such radiation exposures and what precautions should be taken to prevent any possible harmful effects.
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