Becoming my cellphone company

binarysoul

I'm planning to undertake a very ambitious project in two stages:

1. To run my own VoIP company [just for myself]

2. To run my own mobile company [to service my cellphone and friends']

I'm willing to invest and spend time on this. I'm also willing to buy a couple of VoIP gateways and software licences. I've also looked into some GSM-to-PSTN gateways that have four channels for SIMs.

It's one those things I really want to try for my own satisfaction. Do you know what obstacles/barriers I will face?

Plantwiz

binarysoul wrote:

I'm planning to undertake a very ambitious project in two stages:

1. To run my own VoIP company [just for myself]

2. To run my own mobile company [to service my cellphone and friends']

I'm willing to invest and spend time on this. I'm also willing to buy a couple of VoIP gateways and software licences. I've also looked into some GSM-to-PSTN gateways that have four channels for SIMs.

It's one those things I really want to try for my own satisfaction. Do you know what obstacles/barriers I will face?

Well, there are a ton out there already and many doing it poorly. There are some doing it pretty-good, but still needs work.

Do your research and learn what your 'competition' is doing. Just because there is shareware/freeware programs out there doesn't mean you'll have good service. I've run into companies selling service and using some of these open source packages....they just don't handle business traffic.

techgeek07

I would be really interested in finding out more about this. Are you planning on documenting a journal about this on the net, anywhere?

binarysoul

I may creat a blog of some sort once I make some progress. At first, I just want to be able to make and recieve calls from home using VoIP. Then I will try to be able to make long-distance calls.

Eventually [and if feasible], I want to study how a cellphone company is made. I know they need towers, licenses, data centers, security and many more, but I just want to see if there is any way I can join their networks using some kind of hardware or gateways. I know I have to pay enormous fees to do so, but I will explore this venue.

I always wanted to undertake an IT project that seems extremely ambitious.

JDMurray

Start you blog with the experience of getting the necessary licensing from the FCC.

Aquabat [banned]

come up with a cool slogan!!!!!

druid318

The blog might be a good place to start , you might get some people who know things to contribute and help you along the right path from the start.

Darthn3ss

if you can get a atleast 10 billion dollars (well, 5 billion would be enough to get it, but apple is willing to pay up to 9b) going by early next year, you might be able to buy access to the 700Mhz range that the FCC is auctioning off. Google and apple are both looking at it.

binarysoul

Darthn3ss wrote:

if you can get a atleast 10 billion dollars (well, 5 billion would be enough to get it, but apple is willing to pay up to 9b) going by early next year, you might be able to buy access to the 700Mhz range that the FCC is auctioning off. Google and apple are both looking at it.

Based on what you wrote I don't believe you have any insight into the very basics of entruprunership [or its history] unless you clarify. So I can't judge your position unless I know your position.

First, I said it would be something for myself and friends. This is an experiment and not a plan.

Second, please review corporate history of Google, Dell, YouTube, Microsoft, Apple, MySpace, Napster, HP, IBM and I can go on and on. None started with 10 billion dollars. They all started small, just as hobby and fun [something I plan to do].

I have no plan to judge the end before I even see the beggining.

larkspur

and in so many words......

binarysoul - Go get it, that would be cool as all get out!!

good luck to you!!

let us know were you set up your blog.

Darthn3ss

binarysoul wrote:

Darthn3ss wrote:

if you can get a atleast 10 billion dollars (well, 5 billion would be enough to get it, but apple is willing to pay up to 9b) going by early next year, you might be able to buy access to the 700Mhz range that the FCC is auctioning off. Google and apple are both looking at it.

Based on what you wrote I don't believe you have any insight into the very basics of entruprunership [or its history] unless you clarify. So I can't judge your position unless I know your position.

First, I said it would be something for myself and friends. This is an experiment and not a plan.

Second, please review corporate history of Google, Dell, YouTube, Microsoft, Apple, MySpace, Napster, HP, IBM and I can go on and on. None started with 10 billion dollars. They all started small, just as hobby and fun [something I plan to do].

I have no plan to judge the end before I even see the beggining.

Internet is serious business, eh?

My post was a joke.

Aquabat [banned]

Based on what you wrote I don't believe you have any insight into the very basics of entruprunership

what is entruprunership? o, you mean entreprunership.

binarysoul

I don't have any insight in 'spilleng' things 'korrectly'! I only have insight in entruprunership

druid318

Joen tha klub

seuss_ssues

Umm, you went to MIT? Im disappointed.

binarysoul

seuss_ssues wrote:

Umm, you went to MIT? Im disappointed.

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Boyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is the proof I can't "spill korrectly". That was MIS mis-spelled MIT. And I just "korrected" it This is absolutely hillarious. Made my day

Thanks for the catch seuss_ssues so I could correct it!

seuss_ssues

lol no problem

No disrespect, I thought it meant you had a business degree from MIT.