1 2 WISPAPALOOZA SHOW I OCTOBER 3 – 6, 2022 www.bekabusinessmedia.com L Z OO 2022 DAY 1 Cambium Networks, a global provider of wireless networking solutions, release its cnHeat network planning software, which makes it easy for all fixed wireless broadband service providers to meet their FCC-mandated Broadband Data Collection (BDC) reporting requirements. cnHeat and the integrated BDC reporting is manufacturer agnostic and can be exercised with Cambium Networks fixed wireless broadband infrastructure, as well other available fixed wireless infrastructure providers’ solutions. The platform is beneficial for service providers seeking to deliver reliable fixed wireless connectivity using the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) frequency band in the context of the NTIA Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program. “Broadband service providers are deploying fixed wireless connectivity to rapidly provide cost-effective connectivity,” said Scott Imhoff, SVP of Product Management and Planning. “The precise information provided by cnHeat enables a great opportunity for broadband service providers in the United States to extend their network coverage using PMP 450 technology in the CBRS spectrum while making it easy to meet BEAD program reporting requirements. In addition to CBRSbased networks, cnHeat can be applied to networks utilizing 2 GHz, 5 GHz, 60 GHz, and 28 GHz including Cambium Networks ePMP and cnWave platforms.” Evertek Wireless Broadband Support Specialist Caleb Wieman added, “We have been serving thousands of business and residential subscribers with fixed wireless technology for over 20 years. Cambium Networks’ cnHeat improves the efficiency of providing connectivity to our customers and future growth. End customers will have better connectivity faster and this is good for everyone.” The BEAD program defines “Reliable Broadband Service” as broadband service the Broadband Data Maps show is accessible to a location. Service providers can use cnHeat planning software with integrated automatic Broadband Data Collection (BDC) to submit high quality data to the FCC and to save time and resources meeting the bi-annual FCC reporting requirements. “Reporting requirements can be an obstacle. cnHeat with BDC gathers the reporting data we need and enables our planning team and technicians to get installations planned precisely and done right the first time,” said Kevin Simms, wireless director, GTEK Communications. “We can rapidly expand our coverage and deliver broadband that makes for happy customers.” Service providers can use cnHeat with integrated Broadband Data Collection to provide one-meter precise coverage predictions based on LIDAR data that meets BDC requirements and delivers consistently reliable service to subscribers. Built upon Cambium Networks’ expertise in fixed wireless Radio Frequency (RF) planning, propagation, and modeling and integrated with GIS data down to one-meter precision, cnHeat enables network operators to generate highly accurate RF predictions and offer reliable service with fixed wireless broadband technology. Cambium Networks provides a comprehensive suite of hardware, software and managed solutions that support multi-gigabit connectivity for service provider, municipal, enterprise and federal defense applications. The comprehensive wireless fabric portfolio of Wi-Fi access points, switches and fixed wireless technologies — all unified by the cnMaestro cloud management system — enables networks to run efficiently and easily scale to meet increasing demand. Find out more about fixed wireless solutions for the CBRS frequency band by visiting Cambium Networks at booth 135 on the Exhibit Floor. m Marketbroadband.com, powered by Lorex, now offers a client relationship management (CRM) toolbox for ISP’s that are building a homes-passed database. As more non-Tier I ISP’s build their homespassed database, they are running into many data standardization and data quality issues. These include non-USPS mailing addresses, duplicate data, poor data quality and lack of any data standardization. “Everyone knows the garbage-in adage,” said Ken Janc, president of Lorex, the company behind Marketbroadband.com. “But it has never been more true than here. Building a homespassed database with no plan for starting with clean data and a strategy for keeping it clean is going to cause problems. Big ones.” Marketbroadband.com uses its complex set of tools to standardize and validate address data offline. Records also can be flagged for additional processing based on a client’s rules. An example would be when duplicate structures are associated with a specific parcel and address. An ISP may or may not want to consolidate those records to the one address. This process answers that question and more like it. “Once the data is clean, there are literally thousands of data attributes that can be appended to the records before we return it to the ISP,” Janc said. “These attributes can relate to the location like rooftop geocodes for accurate mapping or they could be the demographics of the residents or business at the address.” Once the cleaned, standardized and appended data is returned to the ISP’s CRM Platform, they are able to run more targeted and strategic marketing campaigns on their own or with the help of MarketBroadband.com. MarketBroadband.com specializes in providing turnkey marketing programs for wireless and wireline internet service providers. More information may be obtained by visiting MarketBroadband.com at booth 732 on the Exhibit Floor or by contacting the company at at 800-792-8812 or customerservice@ lorexinc.com. m Cambium Releases cnHeat with Integrated Broadband Data Collection Marketbroadband.com Releases CRM Toolbox
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