This Spring, we will mark the 40th anniversary of the first public telephone call placed on a handheld cellphone. On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper, then general manager of Motorola's Communications Systems Division, called a competitor at Bell Labs from a New York City street. With that call a new era was born. Mr. Cooper's phone weighed two pounds, provided 30 minutes of talk time, and cost nearly $4,000.
Mobile communication has come a long way over the last 40 years, and we are only beginning to explore its true potential. Connected devices like smartphones, tablet computers, and laptops are ubiquitous, and their numbers are continuing to soar. According to Cisco's Mobile Visual Networking Index (VNI), there will be 8.6 billion handheld or personal mobile-ready devices in use by 2017. The first cellphone call provides a backdrop to consider how the entire mobile ecosystem has developed in the last 40 years and how network innovations will lay the groundwork for the future of mobile communication http://insights.wired.com/profiles/blogs/tomorrow-s-mobile-call-may-come-fro m-your-water-heater#axzz2P92qkAQp
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