[kictanet] Community frequencies

Mon Dec 2 08:46:48 EAT 2013

Emmanuel,

You're welcome.

On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 10:01 AM, Emmanuel Khisa
<oloo.khisa at googlemail.com>wrote:

> 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 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 at 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<http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/ni/3G/casestudies/GSM-FINAL.pdf>).
>>> 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… <http://cck.go.ke/licensing/spectrum/freq_table.html>
>>> Regards
>>> James
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>   On Wednesday, 27 November 2013, 8:56, robert yawe <
>>> robertyawe at 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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