Aw, shucks! "Law obliges cinema to stop using mobile phone jammer"

“The Savoy cinema in Dublin has dismantled a device it used to scramble mobile-phone signals, following an intervention by the Commission for Communications Regulation.” (Note: this link might be inaccessible if it’s been designated “premium content” — apologies if this is the case.)

“The Savoy had installed a device called a MobileBlocker to prevent people from making or receiving calls within the auditorium.

“‘What we had was a very low-powered device, which only affected the auditorium of the Savoy 1,’ said Mr Mark Anderson, operations manager of the Ward Anderson Group, which runs the Savoy complex.

“‘I thought the legal position was a lot more vague than it turned out to be.'”