The future of cellular telephony is to make people’s lives better – the most important way, in my view, will be the opportunity to revolutionise healthcare. Martin Cooper Read Quote
The more we learn about new communications, the more capacity we need, and that is going to keep going on forever. That’s been happening since radio was invented, and that’s going to keep going. Martin Cooper Read Quote
The first cellular systems didn’t become commercially available until 1983. Most of the phones before then were in fact car phones. Martin Cooper Read Quote
Our dream was that someday nobody would talk on a wired telephone. Everybody would talk on a wireless phone. Martin Cooper Read Quote
Just think of what a world it would be if we could measure the characteristics of your body when you get sick and transmit those directly to a doctor or a computer. You could get diagnosed and cured instantly and wirelessly. Martin Cooper Read Quote
People thought I was crazy thinking about a phone you can just put in your pocket. Martin Cooper Read Quote
The biggest innovation of all is social networking, and cellular technology is the facilitator for social networking. People are mobile; social networking is people, and the only way people connect with each other is wirelessly. Martin Cooper Read Quote
Just remember, in 1973, we had no digital cameras, no personal computers, no Internet. The thought of putting a billion transistors in a cell phone was ludicrous. Martin Cooper Read Quote
