Martin Cooper

“The technology that lets many people use the same radio channel at the same time is called smart antenna technology or adaptive array technology or interference mitigation. This technology u...”

“We predicted the concept of a telephone that isn't tied to a wall or a desk. We anticipated that everyone would have a cell phone. We joked that when you're born you would be assigned a cell...”

“WattUp is one of those rare breakthroughs that recognizes that the so-called 'battery' problem in wireless devices is solved with a charging solution that is transparent to the user. The cel...”

“I never really started to carry a cellular phone until it was small enough so I could put it on my belt and not even feel it was there.”

“As I walked down the street while talking on the phone, sophisticated New Yorkers gaped at the sight of someone actually moving around while making a phone call. Remember that in 1973, there...”

“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.”

“The first cellular systems didn't become commercially available until 1983. Most of the phones before then were in fact car phones.”

“Cellular was the forerunner to true wireless communications.”

“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...”

“Cellular companies don't innovate, they just buy more spectrum.”

“There were a lot of naysayers over the years. People would say, ‘Why are we spending all of this money? Are you sure this cellular thing will turn out to be something?'”

“Given a choice, people will demand the freedom to communicate wherever they are, unfettered by the infamous copper wire.”

“Wireless is freedom. It's about being unleashed from the telephone cord and having the ability to be virtually anywhere when you want to be.”

“Just suppose that you could do a physical examination, not every year, which people do and which is almost worthless, but every minute, because you're connected, and because we have devices...”

“There is no reason why T-Mobile can't be successful on its own and the only real reason AT&T would want to own T-Mobile is to increase its exclusivity by owning more spectrum.”

“I think if you have a big enough wallet you can solve anything but the key is to solve it with the least amount of expenditure.”

“We had no idea that things like Facebook and Twitter, and all these other concepts, would ever happen.”

“I think an engineer has not matured until he or she has conceived of a product and participated in every stage of bringing it to fruition, if that makes sense. And not many engineers get to...”

“Even though you can't get along without your smartphone, there are not many essential services on your smartphone. They're mostly convenience; you could live without it. Essential means you...”

“We all know how tough children are with toys. It turns out grownups are much worse.”