his name is marty cooper. 99.9% of americans do not know him and have not heard of him. he is in his 80s now, and you should have him on your program some time. his theory is that our spectral efficiency doubles every 2.5 years. how much information can we squeeze over the same bit of the airwaves, that doubles every 2.5 years. since the radio was first invented, we are over two trillion times more spec relief efficient today than when the radio -- more spectrally efficient than when the radio was first invented. when we hear about spectrum shortages, that can be measured in years before that can happen, before the commission can find it, get it clear, get it to option, and get it built out. it may be the better part of a decade before that happens. smart phones are consuming more and more of the airwaves to convey these wonderful technologies to consumers. this tension helped create an incentive to use the airwaves more efficiently. you begin to think of the spectrum as real-estate. is it efficient to build a one story gas station in downtown manhattan, or a 100 story o

his name is marty cooper. 99.9% know he is the most influential person that nobody's ever heard us here at and he is in his 80's now. but he has a theory and doggedly a lot of deference because he invented the cell phone. cooper's law as it's known as better spectral efficiency doubles every 2.5 years. that means how much information can we squeeze over the same bit of the airwaves? that doubles every 2.5 years. so since the radio was first invented we are over 2 trillion times more spectrally efficient today than when the radio was first invented here at so i think it's important to understand that trend should continue at least for our lifetimes. so when we talk about or hear about spectrum shortages, guess we need to do what we can to get more spectrum to the marketplace. that can be measured in years before that happens for the commission can find or congress can help us with this, too. to get that spectrum cleared, get it to auction and actually get built out. you're talking about may be the better part of a decade before that happens. what do we do in the meantime? with a smart ph

do we know -- we should all know -- [inaudible] >> guest: his name is marty cooper. 99.9% of americans don't know him. he's in his 80s now, and you should have him on this program at some point. but his, he has a theory, and i'll give him a lot of deference because he invented the cell phone. his theory, cooper's law as it's known is that our spectral efficiency doubles every two-and-a-half years. that means how much information can we squeeze over the same bit of the airwaves? that doubles every two-and-a-half years, so since the radio was first invented, we are over two trillion times more spectrally efficient today than when the radio because first invented. so i think it's important to understand that that trend should continue at least for our lifetimes. so when we talk about or hear about spectrum shortages, yes, we need to do what we can to get more spectrum out to the marketplace, but that can be measured in years before that can happen, before the commission can find that or congress can help us with this too. to get that spectrum cleared, get it to auction and actually get it