Friday, November 18, 2016

Facebook Announced OpenCellular A New Open Source wireless Accessibility Platform In Remote Regions

Facebook Announced OpenCellular A New Open Source wireless Accessibility Platform In Remote Regions




On a Mission to connect the world, today Facebook announced OpenCellular an open source wireless access platform to bring connectivity to remote areas of the world.

More than 4 billion people still dont have basic internet access, and one of the biggest challenges is figuring out how to reach remote areas existing infrastructure doesnt cover.

Facebook designed OpenCellular as an open system for anyone
from telecom operators , researchers to entrepreneurs will be able to build and operate wireless networks in remote Regions. Its very portable about the size of a shoe box and it can support up to 1,500 people from as far as 10 kilometers away.

Along with our solar-powered aircraft Aquila and high-bandwidth laser beams, OpenCellular is the next step on our journey to provide better, more affordable connectivity to bring the world closer together.

Facebook has in the recent past introduced the free basics to developing region of the World to access some basic website



Available link for download