The bounds for the energy change rate of a Maxwell field in the outer
space of a rotating black hole, calculated by de Vries (1994) and de V
ries (1995), enable us to deduce limits for the rotation and the mass
of black holes. For this purpose we assume that a certain part of the
anisotropies of the cosmic background radiation is due to absorption o
r superradiance of black holes (Teukolsky, 1973, Starobinskii and Chur
ilov, 1973). The knowledge of these anisotropies yields bounds for rot
ation and mass of the black holes in the observable universe.