Ngigi,

Thank You Boss for this information. I have wondered for a long time how we were every going to reach Turkana and Pokot with cellular network if we couldnt even service areas barely 40km out of Nairobi because of a business case that spoke to technologies priced at Ksh. 3-4m plus

OpenBts and particularly this Range Network almost seems revolution and to think it has been around for a while....Very captivating.

On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 5:46 PM, Ngigi Waithaka <ngigi@at.co.ke> wrote:

Even before we go Russian, how about using tried and tested OpenBTS and if you dont want the hustles of setting it up yourself, you could buy a 'box' from Range Networks http://rangenetworks.com/ that could handle 50 concurrent calls for about 5k USD?

Waithaka Ngigi

Alliance Technologies
Nairobi, Kenya

www.A1.io

On 27 Nov 2013 11:06, "James Kulubi" <jkulubi@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Robert,

I find your proposal interesting but also confusing.

It is interesting because the base station is ten times cheaper and uses open source but it is also confusing because you are  proposing transmission in a frequency band that is not internationally recognized for GSM  (click here for second and third generation GSM details). Further, you appear to be emphasis  the Um interface and associated equipment while ignoring the Abis and A equipment and interfaces. How is does the Russian base station authenticate, switch, handle mobility and perform roaming functions and generally interface with the global environment that is full of legacy GSM systems? Will such interfaces impose additional costs? Please provide us with a link to this innovative system so we understand.

Back to your last question, the CCK national radio frequency table can be found here…

Regards

James

On Wednesday, 27 November 2013, 8:56, robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Hi Listers,

I recently met a group of Russian developers who have a GSM base station that sells at a tenth of the mainstream ones as it is based on open source technology.

The product could have a massive impact on many of Kenya's far-flung communities as it would allow them to set up community based communication networks especially where the ARPU is too low for the commercial operators to venture.

For this to work we need to provide a license free GSM frequency such as the 2.5 ghz that is used for data networks, do you know if there is such a provision in the CCK regulations?

Regards

 

Robert Yawe
KAY System Technologies Ltd
Phoenix House, 6th Floor
P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
Kenya

Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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