USTR Critical Of Japanese TD-CDMA Licensing

News for nerds writes "Yahoo Asia reports that the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) said in its annual report that the Japanese government has so far refused to issue experimental licenses to certain U.S. companies to test the new TD-CDMA technology. It attacks China and S. Korea along the line. The funny thing is, according to Impress Internet Watch, the Japanese government states that no U.S. companies had actually applied for the license so far. ITmedia also reports the Japanese government didn't deny foreign application, while criticizing the government for too narrow bandwidth of TD-CDMA that can be monopolized easily. Is this the precursor of another wave of pressure onto technology from Japan?"

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Re:CDMA is superior

[trewornan]

<quote> Biological Effects of Microwaves and Mobile Telephony K. Sri Nageswari Professor & Head,Department of Physiology Govt. Medical College & Hospital, Prayaas Building Sector 38, Chandigarh, India E-Mail :srina_kalluri@yahoo.com ABSTRACT Many of the existing safety guidelines governing microwave/RF/ELF, controlled /uncontrolled exposure are based on intensity of exposure that produces heating of tissues due to energy absorption leading to temperature rise and manifested as thermal effects. On the other hand, though the human body could compensate for and handle the extra energy load through the thermoregulatory mechanisms without obvious increase in temperature, stress could still develop. The thermal effects are manifested in the living being as well as tissue preparations, cell lines etc. However, the frequency induced effects in the non thermal low intensity range, are unique to a living organism, where the "coherence" component of the electromagnetic waves is discerned by the living organism and the oscillatory similitude of such waves interferes with the biological endogenous rhythms of the organism, akin to the electromagnetic interference phenomena occurring while turning on a cell phone inside an aircraft. The review of existing literature, the standards, the biological effects are discussed.</quote>

Sorry but this is bullshit! I don't think mobile phones produce "coherent" microwaves, they're not masers after all.

WTF is "oscillatory similitude" - does it have anything to do with crytals.

This makes as much sense as reflexology, is this Nageswari a Raelian by any chance?