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by datenwolf 4064 days ago
> ...says the man who just ordered a handheld ham radio transceiver that puts out 5 watts at 144/220/440 MHz, which is several times what a cell phone puts out.

The frequency allocations for 2G cellular communications networks do allow the ME to transmit up to 5W. That figure was inherited from the very first brick phones and still holds up, because, you know, there could be still some brick phones in use :)