Telenor's expert group "The health effects of electromagnetic fields"
Telenor has its own interdisciplinary work group dealing with electro-magnetic fields, and is keeping up to date with national and international research, both on the medical and the technical side. The mandate of the group is amongst other things to provide correct and balanced information to the authorities, the public, the media, customers and Telenor's own employees regarding the health effects of electromagnetic fields. Attention has been focused particularly on the possible effects of mobile telephone use and base stations. Co-operation has been established with Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority and other appropriate institutions both in Norway and abroad. Some examples are WHO[!], CELENEC and ICNIRP.
The expert group reports annually to Telenor's corporate management.
Co-operation regarding magnetic fields and their possible effects on people
Telenor is a significant participant in the fields of electronics technology and satellite communications, and has made contributions in the form of expertise and funding to national and international projects working on the possible health effects of radio frequency fields. Telenor supports a wide-ranging project under the management of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in the field of electromagnetic fields and possible health effects. Telenor also supports a Sintef project which will shed light on the possible differences in biological effects with different types of mobile telephone. In addition, research funding has been provided to the Cancer Registry of Norway and to Statens Strålevern (the Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority). The project In vitro exposure of human cells to high-frequency electromagnetic fields and the possible effects on genetic material is being carried out in the form of a collaboration between Telenor R&D, Telenor Corporate HR/HSE and Telemark Central Hospital.
