Finland's Wireless Fast Track Thanks in large measure to mobile handset pacesetter Nokia, this small nation, about the size of Montana with a population of some 5 million people, is where the rest of the world looks for wireless guidance. But so far no one is willing to put it together. Printer friendly version.
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Once a person reports a stolen phone to the police, the force will add the number to a mailing list and then send an SMS message to the phone every three minutes. The aim is to put thieves off selling the handset and other people off buying it. According to the Amsterdam force, mobile phone theft is rapidly getting out of hand. There were 340 thefts reported in January alone, up from 268 the year before. The police are treating the crime as a serious offence and so far this year have arrested 150 handset thieves.