The OpenBTS Chronicles has some interesting posts on the challenges of building a cellular network in the field <a href="http://openbts.blogspot.com.au/search/label/niue" rel="nofollow">http://openbts.blogspot.com.au/search/label/niue</a>
The service provider (Endaga's customer) will most likely also need to pay for spectrum, rural or not. In most cases that is table stakes, but worth mentioning for this audience in case people thought one could simply turn it up in the middle of nowhere.
I live in a rural enough community in North America that traditional cellular providers don't see us as a large enough market. A couple of these access points could go a long way towards solving some of our connectivity problems.<p>@shaddi How would the billing work with subscribers who connect with phones from other carriers?
I don't get the second part. "All you have to do is plug in the CCN1 to power and any available Internet connection."
--> "and any available Internet connection" <--
Pardon me if it's a newbie question.
I think WiMax is still a better idea: no need to negotiate spectrum with countries (many times corrupt countries). We already have a considerable (and growing) penetration of smart phones capable of voice and text apps.