Mobile lost or stolen every four minutes
15/10/2005 - 08:45:57New figures from the cellular industry show a mobile phone is lost or stolen every four minutes.
Nine out of ten Irish people have a mobile and 140,000 handsets are replaced annually.
The statistics have been released as the mobile phone celebrates its 20th birthday.
The latest models weigh a tenth of the first mobiles that went on sale here in 1985.
