WISPAPALOOZA Fall 2017 - Day 2 Show Daily

S elect Spectrum is offering Automated Maritime Telecommunications System (217-220 MHz) FCC licensed spectrum of up to 2.0 MHz bandwidth. The available spectrum covers virtually the entire United States, said the company, and the owners will partition the licenses geographically and spectrally to match buyer requirements. These licenses, originally set aside for Automated Maritime Telecommunications System services, provide for a wide variety of FCC approved land uses and excellent propa- gation with support of throughput of 2 Mbps or more per license per site. In most of the licensed areas, there is little or no current use of the licenses, however Select Spectrum has recently assisted with four separate sales from this inventory that were approved by the FCC and successfully closed. The licenses are typically divided into two 500 kHz blocks, which can be used to separate transmit and receive. Alternatively, Time Division Duplex operation is allowed. The large frequency allocation and wideband channels afford greater flexibility in network design and use, said Select Spectrum. Two-way transmission may be divided between remote and base frequencies or by Time Division on the same channel. The buyer may also divide the channels into narrower blocks such as 5 kHz or 12.5 kHz. The frequen- cies may be reused at multiple sites within the licensed area. Most of the licenses are valid through 2025 when they may be renewed for a small administration fee. AMTS spectrum can be used for broad- cast or two-way; mobile or fixed; data, voice or video. Maximum downlink power is 1,000 watts ERP and maximum uplink power is 23 watts ERP, which provides for long range and high reliability. Networks may employ point-to-point, point-multipoint (tall site) and/or cellular architectures. AMTS licenses have been used by and are recommended for utility and other critical infrastructure communications including for Land Mobile Radio, SCADA, Positive Train Control. Oil and gas operations and IoT applications. Equipment for the band is made by Full Spectrum, 4FR, GE MDS, CalAmp, and Tait Communications. The band is also compatible with a new IEEE wireless standard (802.16 “GRIDMAN”). This high reliability standard is intended for use by utilities and other critical infrastructure operators. m www. WISPA .org 9 www.bekabusinessmedia.com DAY 2 AMTS (217-220 MHz) Band Suitable for Many Utility Applications Available Nationwide Advanced free online tool for link planning www.saftehnika.com/en/pathcalculator | salesna@saftehnika.com Operators Perceptions of 5G The Channel plan includes A and B blocks of 1 MHz each as shown below in green: Evolutionary technology and new business model Revolutionary technology and new business model Evolutionary technology and traditional business model Revolutionary technology and traditional business model Other combination 49% 21% 15% 8% 8% Source: 451 Research Changes to IT Resources as a Result of loT Projects Top 10 Metropolitan Areas with the Highest Gigabit Coverage Over the next 12 months does your organization plan to make changes in the capacity of the following IT resources as a direct result of your loT project Storage Infrastructure Network Edge/Perimeter Equipment Server Infrastructure Off-Premises Public Cloud No Change On-Premises Private Cloud Company-Owned/Leased Datacenters and Facilities Third-Party Managed Service Provider Facilities Third-Party Colocation Facilities 32.4% 30.2% 29.4% 27.2% 26.1% 23.1% 22.5% 17.9% 10.2% Chicago 6,072,000 Chicago Metropolitan Area What was your actual or best estimate of the annual residential subscriber growth percentage rate for your company during the past year? Source: The Carmel Group 30% 8.7 13.4 16.1 26.2 9.4 4.0 8.1 9.4 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% 0% 1-5% 5-10% 11-20% 21-30% 31-40% 41-50% M re than 50% Percent Responding 216 MHz Low-Power Ratio Service (Unlicensed) AMTS B A A B B A 218-219 MHz AMTS 220 MHz Amateur 217 MHz 218 MHz 217.5 MHz 218.5 MHz 219.5 MHz 219 MHz 220 MHz 222 MHz 225 MHz