An incident where a baby monitor could have disrupted 111 calls on One NZ's cell network led authorities to block sales of radio products online. The Radio Spectrum Management team at MBIE says it had to intervene to stop the sale of 35-thousand non-compliant radio products. That was done in the year to June 2024. The radio spectrum team says New Zealand consumers were often unaware of the risks of buying radio products such as the baby monitor. In that instance, staff had to find the product and ask the owner to stop using it. The radio spectrum management team says the responsibility is on the consumer to ensure they are buying compliant radio products. Nathan Schaffer is the manager of Radio Spectrum Investigations.
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