NOTE:  Those who order the workship at the reduced rate are required to provide proof of their student/faculty/NGO status within 48 hours of purchase.  Otherwise, your purchase and registration will be cancelled.  Proof should be sent to hssamra@kestrelsp.com.

NOTE:  When checking out, the checkout process will act as though a product will be shipped to you at no charge, and you should act accordingly.  Nothing will actually be shipped, nor will you be charged for any shipping. 

A 3 & 1/2 day workshop on OpenBTS deployment and development, conducted on 23-26 June 2010 on a farm near Pfarrkirchen, Germany. This rural environment will afford participants the chance to set up, operate and "hack" multiple medium- sized outdoor BTS sites. This will be an immersive workshop, with morning, afternoon and evening sessions and most meals taken together as a group.

The cost of this workshop will be $2100 with a $700 discount for students, faculty members and employees of non-profit organizations. 

This is an ALL INCLUSIVE cost. The workshop will arrange for all meals, lodging in Pfarrkirchen and ground transportation from Munich airport on 23 June and returning there on 27 June.

The tentative schedule is:

23 June
evening -- Introductions and welcome dinner.

24 June
morning -- An overview of the OpenBTS approach and the hardware "kit".
afternoon -- Installing OpenBTS sites around the farm property.
evening -- Configuration #1: isolated cells and an initial tour of
OpenBTS.config and the CLI.

25 June
morning -- GSM/SIP mobility and PSTN connectivity.
afternoon -- Configuration #2: a unified network and a closer look at OpenBTS.config, the CLI and GSM-TAP with Wireshark.
evening -- SMS on Um, SIP/SIMPLE, messaging gateways and smqueue.

26 June
morning -- Implementing custom short code services in smqueue.
afternoon -- TBD, based on participant demand.
evening -- Farewells and closing dinner.


We need at least 10 people enrolled by mid-April to cover all of the costs but may not be able to accommodate more than 15.