TRAI dispels fear about mobile tower radiations

Shimla: Sectoral regulator TRAI Friday sought to dispel fears of mobile tower radiation causing serious health problems and said the studies conducted by it do not corroborate this claim.

"There are 300 towers in Himachal and during the study conducted by TRAI no radiation was detected and the myth has been exploded," TRAI adviser SK Gupta who had convened a meeting of all major telcom service providers here said Friday.

Referring to call drops and weak signal problem, he said that it is due to absence of towers and once the towers are put up in shadow areas, the problem would be resolved.

Meanwhile, he said that the last date of installing the set-up box have been extended to December 31, 2015 and there would be no further extension.