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Posted by Michael Schaffer (Member # 1204) on 10-15-2004, 04:14 PM:

I copied this from a NG, so I don't have a link to a website:

France May Allow Jamming of Mobile Phones
Oct 11, 8:30 PM (ET)

PARIS (AP) - Watch a movie or make a mobile phone call. Soon, in France,
you might not be able to do both at once.

The government's industry minister has approved a decision to let cinemas,
concert halls and theaters install cell phone jammers - on condition that
emergency calls can still get through, officials said Monday.

Jean Labbe, president of the National Federation of French Cinemas, said
the measure was a response to "a long-standing request" from cinemas of
all sizes.

Cinemas have invested heavily to improve comfort, and "the authorization
of jammers is the cherry on the cake," he told France Info radio.

Industry Minister Patrick Devedjian gave the go-ahead Friday, backing a
decision by the Telecommunications Regulation Authority to allow jammers,
his ministry said in a statement.

Devedjian specified however that emergency calls and calls made outside
theaters and other performance spaces must not be affected.

Oooops! I rarely read Ground Level.