related to RFID? Re: [LINK] Fwd: MR122-2006: ACMA commissions independent review of government spectrum holdings

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Geoff Ramadan wrote:
> I had found out that IBM had accidentally used RFID readers based on US 
> transmission frequencies (915Mhz) instead of the Australian Compliant 
> frequency range:
> i.e
> 1W EIRP 918-926Mhz
> 4W EIRP 920-926MHz
> 
> Also some devices are software configurable, and they may have 
> inadvertently changed the settings (eg. via reset) etc.

In our heightened state of alert, it seems surprisingly easy to disrupt 
telecommunications.

I presume there is some stiff penalty for this or were they given all 
the approvals....

<snip>
>> OCTOBER 17, 2006
>> IBM was forced to pull the plug on an RFID demonstration at this 
>> year's Australian Tennis Open after the radio technology blocked 
>> signals from a nearby Vodafone mobile phone tower.
>> <http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,20592544%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html> 
<snip>

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