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Comment by IncRnd

There were earlier discussions on this.

> Right now the battery-free phone needs a custom base station to transmit and receive calls. But the team says there's no reason why the technology couldn't be integrated into standard mobile network infrastructure.

This could only be called a cell phone, if the cell phone network changes to accommodate this radio. It's not a cell phone, because it doesn't work with cellular phone towers.

parent IncRnd 9 years ago

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