[cr-india] Cellphone-based community radio

[Aaditeshwar Seth]

Hello,

We have been able to get Bluetooth enabled cellphones working with 
Asterisk to make and receive phone calls, but the audio quality is not 
too good. A better option is to use GSM PCI cards or GSM gateways: 
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/GSM . We haven't tested any of these 
solutions so far, but we don't expect any significant glitches since 
they are already being used by many people.

Sending and receiving SMS messages can be done through Frontline SMS: 
http://www.frontlinesms.com/ . It works with a variety of phone models 
and GSM modems.

GRINS, our radio broadcast system at Gram Vaani, currently supports 
telephony over PSTN landlines and SIP VoIP. We will have SMS and 
cellular based telephony very soon: 
http://gramvaani.org/technology/community-radio/

cheers
Aadi

Kara Andrade wrote:
> Is anyone out there doing community radio using cellphones. What are the
> different models being used?
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> Thank you!
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> Kara Andrade
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