London - A former engineer with British Telecom said yesterday he has sued the company, claiming his mobile phone has left him brain damaged.
Mr Steve Corney (38) said prolonged exposure to the radiation from the mobile phone had caused him to lose his memory even before he left his job at BT in 1995.
"I'd lose my memory of the time I was on the phone, so even when I got the information that I required, I'd have to ring up again because I'd already forgotten it," he told a news conference. He was a BT engineer for almost 10 years, and said he used mobile phones for long periods of time.
A BT spokesman declined comment on Mr Corney's case, but said there was "no convincing scientific evidence that mobile phones pose any health threat".