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Sahil Gupta sguptaau at gmail.comHi there, We have an agreement with a MNO that is willing do handle what you raise. I always knew we wanted to remain focused on building the network and maintaining rather than the relationships in the roaming world. That part has been sorted a long time ago :-) On 28 March 2014 23:17, Nik Pakar <nikpakar at gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Sahil, > > Other than the network elements you need to do this, you will have a major > hurdle in getting into the actual roaming world. Unless you are a > legitimate MNO or MVNO with your own MNC, point codes in ss7 world, last > but not least be a member of GSMA. Have you studied all these ? > > Are you trying to implement a standalone network to facilitate this ? > > Who is the provider willing to extend you roaming ? Is it a GRX or a MNO ? > > Do you have your own MNC and point codes ? > > Put some more info so we can see how best you can get this done. > > cheers. > Nik > > > On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 4:07 PM, Sahil Gupta <sguptaau at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi there, >> If we take the airport for example, there are two other major mobile >> providers offering services there. >> >> I'd probably offer free Wifi provided the customer dials a particular >> number after signing onto our network in order to receive a sign-on code by >> SMS. I know StarHub did this for years in Singapore and I always ended up >> roaming on their network. >> >> The other thing we would do is oviously have substantially lower costs on >> our network as opposed to others in order to encourage mobile providers to >> have our network as part of the list. >> >> Cheers, >> Sahil >> >> >> On 28 March 2014 21:33, Ralph A. Schmid, dk5ras <ralph at schmid.xxx> wrote: >> >>> One question...how do you want to attract those mobiles? Usually high >>> traffic locations offer high field strength of all providers, and no mobile >>> phone has the need to search for a different network, unless it is already >>> roaming and suddenly sees its home network. >>> >>> >>> >>> Ralph. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* openbsc-bounces at lists.osmocom.org [mailto: >>> openbsc-bounces at lists.osmocom.org] *On Behalf Of *Sahil Gupta >>> *Sent:* Friday, March 28, 2014 10:41 AM >>> *To:* openbsc at lists.osmocom.org >>> *Subject:* Fwd: OpenBSC and Roaming >>> >>> >>> >>> Hi there, >>> >>> I'm fairly new to the mobile world and am still coming to terms with a >>> whole new world of terminologies. The project is to test out a theory in >>> my lab before wanting to scale this at a larger level for commercial >>> purposes. >>> >>> >>> >>> The intent is to be able to have roaming available with a roaming >>> aggregator in the United States with a small-scale mobile network enabled >>> using OpenSource software. >>> >>> >>> >>> We are probably looking at implementing no more than 15 BTS's nationwide >>> to attract roaming customers at high traffic locations. >>> >>> >>> >>> Our roaming aggregator would like us to send them MAP SS7 Messages from >>> our MSC. >>> >>> >>> >>> My understanding of the requirements so far are: >>> >>> 1 x BTS (this could be a PC with some radio cards or something like a >>> nanoBTS) >>> >>> 1 x MSC/BSC/VLR >>> >>> >>> >>> We won't be issuing any sim cards on our own network in the long run and >>> hence I don't see the point in us having a unique HLR. >>> >>> >>> >>> Are there any gurus here that would be willing to share their >>> intelligence? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Sahil >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Sahil >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Thanks, >> Sahil >> > > -- Thanks, Sahil -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.osmocom.org/pipermail/openbsc/attachments/20140328/6d6995bf/attachment.htm>