Unlicensed radio devices barred from entering Olympic

Radio devices will among the objects that security personnel at the venues for the Olympic Games will specifically be on the lookout for, according to an official of the Ministry of Information Industry.

Equipment without a special license tag will not be allowed into the venues, the Beijing Olympic Radio Management Joint Committee stressed at a meeting on Wednesday.

Zhang Shengli, director of the ministry's Bureau of Radio Regulations said that only the following would be allowed into the Olympic venues: roaming terminals that access public mobile telecommunication networks in China's mainland (mobile phones in particular); embedded wireless network cards in portable PCs; vehicular radio remote control keys with transmission power below 1mW; and radio remote control accessories for cameras, which either do not need approvals to operate in China's mainland or do not require a special "Radio Equipment License" tag.

Low power or short range radio devices, including wireless microphones, cordless phones, wireless remote control toys, public radios, walkie-talkie systems, handheld mobile radio services, satellite news gathering devices, microwave mobile links, fixed links, interpretation service systems, in-ear monitoring systems, cordless cameras, telemetry and telecommand systems, and wireless LANs, cannot be operated inside any Olympic venue or special control zone without the permission of the relevant radio management departments and without a "Radio Equipment License" tag during Beijing Olympic Games and its preparation period, in accordance with the provisional regulations jointly published by the Ministry of Information Industry and BOCOG.