Mobile World Congress 2015 Demo

Yesterday Wired published a great article by Lizzie Wade, entitled Where Cellular Networks Don’t Exist, People Are Building Their Own, on the groundbreaking work being done by Rhizomatica to bring community-owned cellular networks to rural Mexico. This is highly recommended reading, even for those who are already familiar with Rhizomatica’s work and open source mobile networks.

Mexico’s telecommunications regulator, IFETEL, has published it’s National Frequency Attribution Plan for 2015 and this includes the assignment of prime cellular spectrum for use by community networks. “For the first time specific bands have been assigned for social use in the telecommunications sector. As part of this, various portions that are available within the segment

Between Christmas and Chinese New Year the price of UmTRX v2.2  is dropped from $1500 to $850. Offer duration: Dec 24, 2014 – Feb 19, 2015 Availability for shipment: 40 pcs starting January, 2015 We hugely appreciate all the effort that goes into making open source telecoms a reality, and in recognition of this we want

As anyone who has done design for manufacture and harsh environments will tell you, it’s one thing to have hardware which works in a lab environment, and quite another to design something which will work day in, day out, in the dry heat of summer and on exceptionally damp winter days. Given that the UmSITE-TM3

The uMED, or Universal Mobile Electrochemical Detector to use its full name, is a compact device that is able to test blood for disease and water for toxic pollutants, before sending data over a mobile connection for remote analysis by a doctor, or for processing by a monitoring service. A recent article in Popular Mechanics

ClueCon, August 2014, Chicago, USA FreeSWITCH and Fairwaves teams strike a partnership during ClueCon, the annual, open-source convention hosted by FreeSWITCH FreeSWITCH and Fairwaves teams are combining efforts with the goal of creating the most powerful, feature-rich and easy to use mobile network in a box. Fairwaves provides UmSITE and UmDESK GSM base station hardware,

Fairwaves has enrolled  in Techstars, the most selective accelerator in the world. Through mentorship from industry leaders and engagement with Boston-based angel investors and venture capitalists, Techstars provides an opportunity to jumpstart our company’s growth. We’re excited to join the Techstars family which brings together the world’s best entrepreneurs. Access to the extensive TechStars network

Telecom Application Developer Hackathon is a rare event where you could meet so many people hacking on telecom applications and not the boring web or mobile stuff. Are you coming? We do. Fairwaves will bring a good part of its development team and we’re looking forward to do something awesome. We will bring some UmSITE

Fairwaves has signed up to become a licensee of the Open Invention Network (OIN), providing it with royalty-free access to a growing patent portfolio that covers the Linux ecosystem and includes numerous mobile technologies. Access to the defensive portfolio affords Fairwaves a measure of protection from the actions of patent trolls and those who would