Get ready to roll your own cell network! OpenBTS is now massively more robust and feature-filled, offers significant improvements in processing capacity and system management features. OpenBTS 4.0 furthers the migration of RAN infrastructure to low cost, standard computer hardware using open source software, such as the network currently being implemented by GlobalTel for the island town of St. Pierre, off the coast of Newfoundland, with greatly reduced capital and operating expenditure.
Benefits
Benefits
- Makes it easy to start experimenting with OpenBTS
- In less than 5 minutes students can start making calls and send SMS using OpenBTS
- Small enough to fit on any workstation
- Join the open source community and contribute to the code repository
- Designed strictly for non-commercial, experimental use
- A radio designed by Range Networks for the purpose of running OpenBTS
- GSM band of operation is adjustable via software
- A Mini-ITX board configured with:
- The latest public release OpenBTS software
- The libraries of software that support OpenBTS
- Asterisk and Ubuntu
- Board includes 8GB mSATA flash drive, and 2GB RAM
- 12V 5 Amp power supply
- Two rubber duck antennas with SMA-type connectors
- Two pre-programmed SIM cards
- Two multi-band cellular phones
