Seth G. FeareyVP & COO, Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network

Broadband Summit, June 29, 2007

Connecting Anyone, Anything, Anywhere

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Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Networka public benefit corporation

Business

Community-BasedOrganizations

Labor

Government

Education,Healthcare

Funded primarily by board members, and local cities and counties.

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Joint Venture:Silicon Valley

Network

Smart Valley Grand Boulevard

Silicon ValleyEconomic

DevelopmentAlliance

WirelessSilicon Valley

Climate Protection

Smart Health

Cell PhoneCoverage

CaliforniaCompetes

Disaster Preparedness

Website,PropertyListings

Projects

Vision of a WirelessSilicon Valley

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• about 1,500 square miles• 2.4 millionpeople• about 800,000households• 40 towns,cities, and counties• very high density of WiFi hotspots• okay DSL and cable modem coverage• MetroFi, Google, Earthlink activeWir

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Current Participants

San Mateo County • Atherton • Belmont • Brisbane • Burlingame • Colma • Daly City • East Palo Alto • Foster City • Half Moon Bay • Hillsborough • Menlo Park • Millbrae • Pacifica • Portola Valley • Redwood City • San Bruno • San Carlos • San Mateo • San Mateo County • San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office • South San Francisco • Woodside

Santa Clara County • Campbell • Cupertino• Gilroy • Los Altos• Los Altos Hills • Los Gatos • Milpitas • Monte Sereno • Morgan Hill • Mountain View • Palo Alto • San Jose • Santa Clara • Santa Clara County • Saratoga • Stanford Campus Residential Leaseholders • Sunnyvale Alameda County • Newark Santa Cruz County • Santa Cruz

Raised $80,000. Most cities contributed $2,500 each.

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The Wireless Silicon Valley Vision

• Cover all 1,500 square miles outdoors with a broadband wireless network

• Offer seamless interoperability and mobility• No public sector investment• Non-exclusive agreement • First priority is to serve local governments: city

workers, police, fire • Provide visitors, local businesses with easy access • Fill in broadband coverage gaps, underserved

areas

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Anyone, Anything, Anywhere

• Police• Fire• Hospitals• Utilities• Construction• Visitors• Service Businesses• The Arts• Residents

• Laptop• Phone• Electrical, gas,

water meters• Irrigation controller• Parking meter• Signage• Credit card reader• Sensors

Outdoors, or in a train, bus, car, truck, ambulance, …

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Wireless Frequency “Layer Cake”Frequency Licensed? Protocol Applications

5.9 GHz Licensed - Government

802.11p - DSRC (Dedicated Short Range Comm)

Intelligent Transportation, Safety, Congestion Mgt.

5.1-5.8 GHz

Un-licensed 802.11a mesh Business Apps, Wireless backbone, IP TV

4.9 GHz Licensed - Government

802.11a mesh Police, Fire, Homeland Security

2.5 GHz Licensed - Commercial

802.16d/e(WiMAX)

As available. Backhaul (for now), Mobile Access in the Near Future

2.4 GHz Un-licensed 802.11b/g mesh(Wi-Fi)

Fixed & Mobile Business and Consumer Internet, Intranet & VoIP

900 MHz Un-licensed FHSS – Proprietary

Mobile public safety, rural access

700 MHz Licensed – Gov & Commercial

802.16e(WiMAX)

As available. Public Safety Mobility, Mobile WiMAX

450 MHz Licensed - Government

Proprietary Utilities - Automated Meter Reading for Water, Gas, Electric

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Example Applications

• Building inspections using handheld devices.• Connectivity for events, e.g. signage, credit card

readers, coordination• Parks and Recreation kiosks for reservations• Webcams for security• Construction site coordination• Update GIS, workorder databases from the field• Access to police databases and provide ability to

file reports remotely• Remote control of irrigation systems• Wireless parking meters – time of day pricing,

open space sensing, credit card payment

Process

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Two years ago…

• Began with Economic Development Managers• Recruited Chief Information Officers/Information

Technology Managers• Co-chairs – Brian Moura (city), Dan Fenton (visitors

bureau)• San Mateo County Telecommunications Authority

(SAMCAT) Joint Powers Authority is host agency• Monthly meetings, Surveys, Vision Paper, Focus

Groups• Hired Intel Solution Services to draft Request for

Proposal• Released Request for Proposal on April 28th, 2006

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Silicon Valley Metro Connect Team

IBM Project Management, Design, Financing

Cisco

Alvarion

Equipment, Design

SeaKay

(non-profit)

Community Outreach, Digital Inclusion, Applications

Azulstar Network Operator and Wholesaler

The team will add service and technology partners as needed.

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Services Tiers• Basic Service tiers include:

– Free: 1 meg downstream, with advertising– Entry level: $15/month, 1 meg downstream– Extreme: 1 to 3 meg symmetric– Kids: content filters– Voice over Wireless LAN

• Enhanced services for cities, e.g. public safety, SCADA, public works, building inspection

• City portals with local information

All tiers are subject to change during negotiations.

Business Model

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Sources of Revenue for Metro Connect

Silicon Valley Metro Connect

Public

Free

Public

Paid

Cities, Police,

Fire

Business SystemsIntegrationServices

advertising

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Payments to Member Cities, Counties

CitiesCounties

Silicon Valley Metro Connect

Pole Attachment FeesFees for Use of Public Facilities

Profit SharingSupport for running the Joint Powers Authority

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WSV Regional Governance Model

SV MunicipalBroadbandAuthority

JointCommittee

Silicon Valley Metro Connect

Team

Emergency

Response … more

PublicWorks

Trans-portation

Utilities Schools

Visitors, Events

user groups

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Transportation Users Group (TUG)

• Automotive– Daimler Chrysler, VW, BMW, GM, Toyota, Tesla,

Bosch

• Metropolitan Transit Authority• Valley Transportation Authority• SAMTRANS• University of

California PATH program

• SAP, IBM, Cisco

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TUG Project Ideas

• Mobility testbed• Real time bus information• Traffic signal synchronization• Safety – vehicle to vehicle and to off-road• Congestion management• Time of day pricing for use of highways

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Benefits of the “Create a Market” Model

• More users and applications• Users can participate in the design of the

network• More potential to generate income and

refresh the technology• Single network manager• Efficiencies for deployment• Efficiencies for vendor for negotiations with

cities and counties, and other user groups

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Drawbacks

• More complicated network and business model

• Teaming agreements• More capital needed to fund construction

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If we were issuing an RFP today…

• Try to develop an anchor tenancy agreement with a few cities and local businesses in advance.

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Why are we doing Wireless Silicon Valley?

• To make our businesses and government agencies more efficient.

• To improve customer service.• To provide convenience for our residents.• To encourage local wireless entrepreneurs.• To compete in the global economy.

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