ARLA/CLUSTER: Austrália destroi bloqueadores de sinais ilegais para telemoveis e GPS´s

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

ACMA destroys illegal phone jammers

Back about 6 weeks ago, the WIA carried a story on ACMA and Phone
Jammers. Well, the Sydney Morning Herald are reporting how ACMA has
actually destroyed nearly 100 illegal signal jammers that can prevent
mobile phone and GPS devices from working correctly AND most jammers
had been seized in the mail.

The jammers were found in intercepted international mail parcels
between November 2011 and mid June 2012 after an Australian
Communications and Media Authority crackdown.

Jammers are illegal here in VK and the operation, possession or supply of
such a device can attract a two-year prison term.

Body corporates may receive a penalty of up to $255,000. A five-year
prison sentence or penalty of up to $850,000, for causing substantial
interference to radio communications used by emergency services, can
also be imposed.

The ACMA is typically given the jammers to destroy after Australia
Post and the Customs and Border Protection Service seize them from
international packages.

http://m.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/illegal-mobile-phone-and-gps-jammer-crackdown-by-regulator-yields-results-20130717-2q2oo.html

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