BLU Agrees to Pay $130,000 for Discontinued Handset That Violated Radiation Limit Rules
BLU Products agreed to pay a $130,000 civil penalty, admit it violated specific absorption rate (SAR) limit rules and implement a compliance plan, the FCC Enforcement Bureau said in a Thursday order. BLU's Grand Max mobile phone exceeded SAR limits…
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and “failed to comply with the labeling, user manual, and permissive change requirements of the equipment authorization rules,” the bureau said. BLU indicated it had addressed the problem through a May 2018 update after the bureau made inquiries, the order said. The company told the FCC it stopped selling the model in August 2018. BLU didn’t comment.