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Low-Cost DIY Cell Network Runs On Solar

Posted by timothy on from the seattle-wireless dept.

Shareable writes with word of the intriguing work of a Berkeley professor who has developed a "low-cost, low-power cell base station featuring easy, off-the grid deployment with solar or wind power; local services autonomous from national carriers; and an impressive portfolio of voice & data services (not just GSM). It's designed to connect rural areas in the developing world, but could have wider application like disaster recovery."

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  1. Watch more news by Comboman · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Maybe you don't watch the news but governments have shut down cellular networks in Egypt, Iran, Syria and Libya this year. And if you think it's only third-world dictatorships, they also did in San Francisco and talked about doing it in London.

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