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Martin Cooper shows FCC Commissioner Benjamin Hooks the first DynaTAC cell phone
Cooper, left, showing FCC commissioner Benjamin Hooks the first cell phone, the DynaTAC, in 1973. "There was unanimity within Motorola regarding AT&T: they could not be allowed to extend their monopoly […] We had to beat them; we had to beat the monopoly."
Depicted:Martin CooperOriginal copyright: All rights reservedRestoration copyright: All rights reserved
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