Georgia Technology Authority (GTA) Wireless Strategies

1. Georgia Digital Government Summit Renaissance Atlanta Hotel Downtown, Atlanta, GAOct 11 -  12 Georgia Technology Authority (GTA)Wireless Strategies Rich Calhoun - Project Director

2. Wireless Drivers • Economic Development • Improvement in Education • Efficient Governmental Services • Emergency Management and Public Safety • Affordable HealthCare • State and US Competitiveness • Access to Technologies • Return on Investment • Improve Quality of Life

3. Recent Press on Municipal Wireless EarthLink Layoffs Draw Focus to Municipal Wi-FiBy Richard Koman August 29, 2007 12:44PM Municipal Wireless Problems Persist Nationwide Written By: Steven Titch Publication Date: July 1, 2007 Evaluating the pros and cons of municipal wireless By Ryan Paul | Published: December 29, 2006 - 10:45AM CT Wasting Money on Municipal Wireless By Marc Kilmer, posted April 24, 2007 The Problem with Municipal Wireless Networks Study: Cities Could Be on the Wrong Path with “Wi-Fi” Spending by CEI Staff February 3, 2005 Chicago's Decision To Drop Muni Wi-Fi Symptomatic Of A Troubled Sector By Eric Bangeman | Published: August 29, 2007 - 05:51PM CT

4. US Competitiveness Future Shock The most daunting thing about China is not that it is doing so well at the low-end manufacturing industries. Americans will be okay losing the furniture business to China. In the grand scheme of things, tables and chairs are small potatoes in the U.S. economy. The Japanese, for their part, have lost the television business. The Italians are losing the fine-silk business. Germans cannot compete in Christmas ornaments. Everyone but the Chinese will lose their textile and clothing factories. More worrisome for America and other countries is the contour of the future, where manufacturing shifts overwhelmingly to China from all directions, including the United States. Consumer goods trade on the surface of the world’s economy and their movement is easy for consumers to see. The far bigger shift, just now picking up steam, is occurring among the products that manufacturers and marketers trade with each other: the infinite number and variety of components that make up everything else that is made, whether it is the hundreds of parts in a washing machine or computer or the hundreds of thousands of parts in an airplane. And then there are the big products themselves: cars, trucks, planes, ships, switching networks for national phone systems, factories, submarines, satellites, and rockets. China is taking on those industries too. Ted Fishman, China, Inc.: How the Rise of the Next Superpower Challenges America and the World

5. Wireless Choices • Protocols • 802.11 – Wi-Fi • 802.16 – WIMAX • Public Spectrum • 3.6 GHz • 2.4 GHz • 4.9 GHz • 700 MHz

6. Global Spectrum scenario for WiMAX Western Europe 3.5 GHz China 3.5GHz Canada 2.3,2.5, 3.5 GHz Korea 2.3GHz US 2.3,2.5, 3.5 GHz Eastern Europe 2.5,3.xGHz SEA 3.5 GHz 2.5 GHz 2.3 GHz Japan 2.5 GHz Middle East 3.5,5.8 GHz Africa 2.5GHz Latin America 3.5 GHZ 2.5 GHz India 3.3 GHz Australia 2.3, 2.5 GHz Source:http://www.assocham.org/events/recent/event_136/_v.k.arya.ppt.

7. 802.11 Migration Path

8. Metrics Quality Improvements Technology Planning Components Financials Vision & Objectives Municipal Leadership Business Plan Solution & Services Policies & Regulations Wireless Feasibility Study Community Input Market Assessment Business Model

9. Best Practices • Technology Plan • Establishing Partnership • Technical Expertise • Vertical Assets and Power • Political Support • Request for Information • Business Model • Financial Model

10. Wireless Communities Georgia Business Models

11. Who Received Wireless Communities Georgia Program Awards? • City of Augusta - $562,500 • City of Decatur - $427,500 • City of Dublin - $318,750 • City of Thomasville - $500,000 • Gwinnett County - $750,000 • City of Milledgeville - $862,500 www.gta.ga.gov/wcg

12. Georgia Technology Oversight Dashboard Assessment

13. Validation Metrics

14. Best Practices • Technology Plan • Establishing Partnership • Technical Expertise • Vertical Assets and Power • Political Support • Request for Information • Business Model • Financial Model • Economic Development • Project/Program Oversight • Lessons Learned

15. What Steps Can You Take To Plan For Wireless Broadband? I • Have a documented technology plan with a wireless component • Conduct an assessment documenting assets – fiber, towers, poles, wireless devices, and software • Implement a pilot for proof of concept • Engage in discussions with other agencies (schools, hotels, hospitals, Regional Development Centers, state agencies) that could benefit from network as well as local businesses

16. What Steps Can You Take To Plan For Wireless Broadband? II • Gain political support of administration • Create business model that will sustain network • Develop relationship with potential private partners • Create Wireless Task Force • Make sure that budget is in place for matching and contingency funds • Know what you don’t know and get the right expertise

17. Digital Inclusion Ecosystem Investment Opportunities The Digital & Educational Divide Social Maturity Connecting in New Ways Education Communities Digital Inclusion Difference Makers • Technology; Equipment; E-Learning Credits; Scholarships; Grants; Results Tools needed for break through – Collaboration, Technology Systems, Strategic Plans, Measured Results Digital Access EducationCommunity Technology AccessUs Competitiveness 8/31/07

18. Key Take A Ways • Study key drivers at state and local levels • Use negative muniwireless press to evaluate your technology programs • Taking on wireless technology is about economic development and state and US Competitiveness • So many wireless technology choices require understanding long term benefits

19. Key Take A Ways- Continued • Planning, Partnerships, Best Practices, Effective Oversight • Technology Planning requires a sustained commitment • Municipal leadership involvement is key to build partnership • Technical staff training and education key to keeping abreast of changing market. • Digital Literacy is a growing problem that will affect State Government.

20. Questions?

21. Contact Info Georgia Technology Authority Rich Calhoun Project Director Wireless Communities Georgia richard.calhoun@gta.georgia.gov (404) 463-5906 www.gta.ga.gov