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The OpenBTS project - an open-source GSM base station

Posted Sep 4, 2008 21:47 UTC (Thu) by dburgess00 (guest, #53751)
In reply to: The OpenBTS project - an open-source GSM base station by pcampe
Parent article: The OpenBTS project - an open-source GSM base station

Hi, pcampe.

As the guy who filed the FCC application for the Burning Man GSM test, I can tell you that what we
did was completely legal. Our license was WD9XKN, STA file #0353-EX-ST-2008, good for one
week in an area 10 miles NE of Gerlach, NV. We also coordinated spectrum use with a licensed
cellular carrier in the area. All of this is presented in the project web page.

What you describe is an IMSI-catcher. That's not what we were doing.

-- David A. Burgess

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The OpenBTS project - an open-source GSM base station

Posted Sep 4, 2008 22:03 UTC (Thu) by pcampe (subscriber, #28223) [Link]

Thanks for your quick explanation and good luck with your project.