OneBrowardNetwork Planning Workshop

1. OneBrowardNetwork Planning Workshop Rhode Island-Wireless Innovation Networks (RI-WINs) Project Lead/Presenter: Bob Panoff Date: January 31, 2006 Organization: Business Innovation Factory Country: United States Email: bobpanoff@rpm-strategy.com Web site: www.businessinnovationfactory.com

2. Background • RI is a small state of approximately 1000 square miles and 1 million people - but a representative microcosm • Infuse traditional economy with innovative culture and technology • Open and receptive regulatory environment • Close knit community with history of successful collaboration • Statewide effort to upgrade IT infrastructure and take advantage existing wired broadband networks

3. Project History • Launched in October 2004 by the Business Innovation Factory, a non-profit dedicated to enabling collaborative innovation and promoting public/private partnership • Based on BIF’s “Innovation@Scale” Strategy – idea that Rhode Island is an ideal place to test new business models • Feasibility study led by IBM with partners from public and private sectors – Spring, 2005 • Business plan completed to fund pilot network and applications – Summer, 2005 • Pilot network goes live February, 2006

4. Stimulate innovation through a statewide network that: Accelerates “test-trial-deploy” innovation cycle. Offers border-to-border, wireless services that enable speeds in excess of 1Mb/sec. Covers markets outside of typical commercial models. Enables collaborative development and integration of innovative wireless enterprise application solutions. Enables a “network of networks” in support of cross-industry collaboration. Mission & Objectives

5. Create statewide, border-to-border, wireless broadband network that: Breaks down barriers to innovation Improves interoperability among new products and technologies Establishes Rhode Island as an ideal place to explore and test new business models. Mission & Objectives

6. RI-WINs Overview • RI-WINs focus on innovation is unique • Applications and solutions • Not cheap Internet access • Collaborative private-public partnership is the most flexible approach • Partnership preferred to competition • Clear return to partners • Wholesale model • Non-profit enterprise membership structure • Avoid silos with shared multi-purpose network • Reach every level of the value chain across every sector of economy

7. The RI-WINs Wireless Ecosystem • Provider Wireless • Technology Access • Application Expertise • Technical Resources • Technology Roadmap • End User Access • Industry Expertise • On-going Operational • & Communications • Requirements • RI-WINs End User-Provider Collaboration • Neutral Forum • Aggregation of Requirements, Demand, • Application Knowledge, User Creativity • Joint Development • Field Trial/Beta Site • Deployment@Scale • Wireless Innovation • Lower Cost Operations • Better End User Services & Products • Economic Development • Bigger Wireless Market & Market Share

8. Project Economics • Cost structure: • Pilot Network approximately $1 million • Full network deployment approximately $20 million • Partnership funding • Pilot project funded by a combination of federal, state, and private funds • In-kind contributions of spectrum, tower and building access, fiber for backhaul, network engineering, etc.

9. Project Economics • Revenues produced by membership and usage • Annual memberships to include standard services and user population • Incentive to add applications and usage • Incremental user service fees • Operational Model • Estimated annual budget at full operations approximately $7 million • Conservative demand estimate produces significant surplus to invest in new innovation and sustain state-of-art

10. Pilot Applications • Rhode Island Port Security Project RI-WINs accessed as part of port security demonstration project to create seamless and secure broadband wireless network for waterborne first responders. • CVS/Pharmacy IT Field SupportInformation technology personnel from CVS/Pharmacy will use the RI-WINs network to access corporate applications and data  while in the field. Brown University Mobile Higher EducationRI-WINs pilot will provide wireless broadband connectivity to facilitate the RI Teacher Education Renewal (RITER) project, a partnership composed of all 8 approved teacher preparation programs in Rhode Island.  • Rhode Island Department of Administration  RI-WINs will pilot innovative wireless solutions for activities at Rhode Island’s Department of Environmental Management and the Department of Health.

11. BIF F O T F O T BTS F O T Router Policy Mgr The RI-WINs network architecture WiMax Area Cluster Cluster Aggregation Cluster Core WiFi Internet WiMax

12. Deployment • RI-WINs Pilot • Deployed Feb, 2006 and runs 6-12 months • Geography covered Providence, Newport, Narragansett Bay • Pilot to validate feasibility study • Significant demand for statewide network and services • Financial self-sustaining within 2 years • Generate “Innovation Reserve” to sustain state-of-art approach

13. Impact Analysis • Widespread interest and support • Public-private partnership includes organizations user and provider organizations • In-state, national, and global organizations • Pilot scope close to original objective • Generating spontaneous participation from new sources

14. Lessons Learned & Next Steps • Broad-based partnership and collaboration required for success • Difficult and time-consuming • Must keep focus on shared value proposition and core objectives • Implementation and Execution