[asterisk-users] [asterisk-biz] OpenBTS chat with David A. Burgess

[Jorge Mendoza]

Steve Totaro wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Steve Kennedy <steve-asterisk at gbnet.net> wrote:
>   
>> On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 09:39:47AM +0100, randulo wrote:
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>>     
>>> Hi,
>>> "The OpenBTS Project is an effort to construct an open-source Unix
>>> application that uses the Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP)
>>> to present a GSM air interface ("Um") to standard GSM handset and uses
>>> the Asterisk software PBX to connect calls. The combination of the
>>> ubiquitous GSM air interface with VoIP backhaul could form the basis
>>> of a new type of cellular network that could be deployed and operated
>>> at substantially lower cost than existing technologies in greenfields
>>> in the developing world. "
>>>       
>> This looks like a great project, sorry I missed the call.
>>
>> Steve
>>
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>
> Careful with this rabbit hole, it goes very deep and then logically
> branches in different directions........ then people become "Of
> Interest", die "In an Accident or Natural Causes", or disappear
> altogether.....
>   
This, indeed, is a nice *technical* project. We follow up the project
from some time. However from the practical point of view, has problems.
The big one is regulation. In our country, a developing one, GSM bands
are all licensed to the big operators, so you can not implemented a
project like the OpenBTS, because you are no licensed.
The big operators will never try to implement such kind of projects. And
the regulators protects the big operators. Please, do not ask why.

Regards

Jorge Mendoza