Lessons from the History of Wi-Fi

LESSONS FROM THE HISTORY OF Wi-Fi Richard Bennett OCTOBER 2024 Introduction On April 3, 1973, Marty Cooper made the world's first public cellphone call outside the Midtown Hilton in New York. After this dramatic beginning – he called a rival to declare victory – the cellular network became the predominant form of worldwide electronic communication. While the wired telecom network supported 11 million subscribers after its first 110 years of operation, 1cellular went from zero to nine billion in 40 years.2 W ...