Chiming in from GP: I think mobile setups like base stations mounted on drones or high altitude platforms are really interesting. We’re currently looking at providing cellular connectivity to rescuers and rescuees at sea using a fixed wing drone.
What do you have to do to get a run of the mill android or iphone to work on a network like this?
That is the first question that jumped into mind for me. How is this useful to me now. I assume that the LTE chip in our devices will handshake with these networks seamlessly.
Not much actually. You need to make auth work which means knowing some secrets stored on the SIM card. You can buy your own custom cards or probably use eSIM (however I haven’t tried option 2).