UNIVERSAL BROADBAND ACCESS. Role of Fixed Wireless and Wi-Fi services for Bridging the Digital Divide

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1 UNIVERSAL BROADBAND ACCESS Role of Fixed Wireless and Wi-Fi services for Bridging the Digital Divide Roy Wittert Regional Sales Director Aust, NZ and Pacific Islands July 2017

2 Cambium Mission Eliminating the digital divide Economic opportunities for developing communities Unprecedented affordable quality connectivity for all Connecting the Unconnected: People, Places, and Things 2

3 USO and Fixed Wireless There is a STRONG parallel between Bridging the Digital Divide today and the intended aim of the USO. Fixed Wireless has strong role to play delivery of high speed broadband services: Enables converged services - proven for Voice and Video Fixed Wireless is ideal for Connecting the Unconnected. It can reach places copper and fibre cannot. Cost Effective Licensed Spectrum Radio Spectrum required to achieve this should be made available via thoughtful regulation. 3GHz band is ideal for this purpose. Don t get caught in the 5G tidal wave of Fake Information Voice calls over Wi-Fi make the combination of Fixed Wireless and Wi-Fi even more relevant. 3

4 Case Studies from Commonwealth Countries

5 AccessKenya Challenge: Telecom Kenya traditionally sold all communications Many businesses and residences had to wait for connectivity Solution: Deregulation enabled entrepreneurs to create AccessKenya Rapidly created wireless broadband infrastructure with Cambium PTP 650 and 820 for backhaul and PMP 450i (migrating to PMP 450M) series access network operating in the unlicensed 5.8 GHz spectrum. Results: Grew quickly to serve more than 5,000 corporate clients Quality of the service provided was superior to the Telecom Kenya offerings Price of the services was favourable to other offerings 5 5

6 Connecting the Unconnected in Kiribati Atoll Island of Tarawa Island of Tarawa, one of the Gilbert Islands located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Feed from the customer s satellite gateway and distributes connectivity across the island. PTP 800 licensed microwave backhaul PMP 450 distribution network 800 subscribers Enabled WWW connectivity population of 50,000 6

7 Dundee, Scotland Located in rural Scotland, Dundee was awarded the ICF Founders award to transform life. Deliver broadband infrastructure to revitalize business and residential connectivity Connect 150,000 citizens in a 21 square mile area PTP wireless backhaul to the area PMP wireless access network to provide wide area coverage Increased bandwidth to businesses 3X at lower cost Provided residential access to many for the first time Reliable performance, with extensions planned 7

8 Remote Town Community Wi-Fi - Wingellina WA Satellite Backhaul from NBN cnpilot E500 x 6 Rugged IP67 APs Community WiFi Streaming Community Radio EZWeb Digital with encapto. 8

9 Remote Town Community Wi-Fi Ceduna - SA Satellite Backhaul from NBN cnpilot epmp1000 Wi-Fi - Rugged IP55APs and epmp for backhaul. Driven by a Government Funded Cardless Welfare Systems BUT also Provided Community Wi-Fi and VoIP telephony. Delivered APN (Active8 Me). Repeated in 9 other towns. 9

10 Massive MU MIMO meeting the growing demand for Broadband. Truly Massive, going beyond standards of LTE 14 x 14 Massive MU-MIMO Beamforming sector array antenna system Integration with radio eliminates points of failure Dramatically lowers product cost Reduces installation costs and installation time Enables operation in high-noise environments, in narrower channels, to a higher density of customers 10

11 MU-MIMO Operation ---- this is 5G!!! 1. The access point identifies which subscribers are connected 2. Sounding collected from each SM 3. The antenna array forms a narrow beam covering the subscriber of interest and uses it to transmit and/or receive data 4. This process can occur simultaneously for multiple SMs 11 11

12 New Zealand, Christchurch Massive Multi User MIMO, Mt Grey 12

13 New Zealand, Christchurch Massive Multi User MIMO, Mt Grey - Replacing existing PMP Customers km - 5 GHz unlicensed - 20 MHz CH width - 3 x performance increase. 13

14 Bridging the Digital Divide in Ireland Problem: National Broadband Plan in Ireland requires rural coverage Fiber too costly Solution: cnmedusa Results: Able to offer high throughput (50 Mbps) packages and increase coverage area without forklift subscriber replacements 14

15 Communications restoration Vanuatu OGCIO PTP650 with Spatial Diversity. Aggregate 100Mbps 150 km + High level of availability. 15

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17 Thank you. 17