"In order to block a radio frequency in a certain radius
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2025 4:13 am
The FSIN's desire to obtain frequencies for installing communication "jammers" is a continuation of the agency's fight against the use of mobile phones in penal colonies, explains Georgy Ivanov, a lawyer for the Team Against Torture (the successor to the Committee Against Torture, which was included in the register of foreign agents and liquidated). According to him, the use of communications by defendants or convicts is prohibited, but phones still end up in restricted algeria cell phone number list areas: the FSIN regularly reports the seizure of devices. Earlier, during the pandemic, the agency planned to request 3 billion rubles to install equipment that generates interference with cellular communications, and, judging by the information on the government procurement portal, individual colonies did indeed purchase "jammers," Ivanov added. "But such a thing definitely cannot be installed in a pre-trial detention center or a colony located in the city, since it will block all communications. Perhaps now the FSIN wants to "jam" some additional frequencies, and permission is needed for this," the lawyer suggested.
, you first need to obtain a license for it. It is desirable that this be a frequency band that is not used by other companies and organizations," a representative of one of the communications operators explained to RBC the need for the FSIN to obtain frequencies.
According to Denis Kuskov, head of the TelecomDaily agency, the idea of installing "jammers" at all FSIN facilities is "quite logical", since some of the telephone fraud schemes are actually carried out by prisoners serving their sentences, who "are probably being helped by someone else". If communications are "jammed" completely on the territory of the facility, then the employees themselves can use walkie-talkies or call landline phones. From a technical point of view, radio frequencies may be needed by the FSIN, since communication blockers only work on them, Kuskov explained. However, he emphasized that "the question is not what equipment will be installed, but how it will work". "Knowledgeable people can remove certain equipment, and it will stop working in a separate area. The main thing is to think through further regulations for its proper use", Kuskov asserts.
, you first need to obtain a license for it. It is desirable that this be a frequency band that is not used by other companies and organizations," a representative of one of the communications operators explained to RBC the need for the FSIN to obtain frequencies.
According to Denis Kuskov, head of the TelecomDaily agency, the idea of installing "jammers" at all FSIN facilities is "quite logical", since some of the telephone fraud schemes are actually carried out by prisoners serving their sentences, who "are probably being helped by someone else". If communications are "jammed" completely on the territory of the facility, then the employees themselves can use walkie-talkies or call landline phones. From a technical point of view, radio frequencies may be needed by the FSIN, since communication blockers only work on them, Kuskov explained. However, he emphasized that "the question is not what equipment will be installed, but how it will work". "Knowledgeable people can remove certain equipment, and it will stop working in a separate area. The main thing is to think through further regulations for its proper use", Kuskov asserts.