By John McCarthy

South Korea has banned sales of unregistered selfie sticks after many of the Bluetooth photo-sticks were found to interfere with other devices as they were operating on unapproved radio frequencies.

The gadgets, which let owners extend their smartphones beyond arm’s reach to snap better selifes, are triggered by Bluetooth but some of the products were found to operate outside the country’s designated radio bandwidth.

A spokesman for the South Korean Central Radio Management Office, an agency responsible for the regulation of such gadgets, said that fines and jail terms will be supplied to those found selling unregistered devices.

He said: “The announcement last Read full story ›

Source: The Drum