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OneBrowardNetwork Planning Workshop
Rhode Island-Wireless Innovation Networks (RI-WINs)
Project Lead/Presenter: Bob Panoff Date: January 31, 2006Organization: Business Innovation FactoryCountry: United States Email: [email protected] site: www.businessinnovationfactory.com
Background
• RI is a small state of approximately 1000 square miles and 1 million people - but a representative microcosm
• Infuse traditional economy with innovative culture and technology
• Open and receptive regulatory environment
• Close knit community with history of successful collaboration
• Statewide effort to upgrade IT infrastructure and take advantage existing wired broadband networks
Project History
• Launched in October 2004 by the Business Innovation Factory, a non-profit dedicated to enabling collaborative innovation and promoting public/private partnership
• Based on BIF’s “Innovation@Scale” Strategy – idea that Rhode Island is an ideal place to test new business models
• Feasibility study led by IBM with partners from public and private sectors – Spring, 2005
• Business plan completed to fund pilot network and applications – Summer, 2005
• Pilot network goes live February, 2006
Mission & Objectives
Stimulate innovation through a statewide network that:
– Accelerates “test-trial-deploy” innovation cycle.– Offers border-to-border, wireless services that enable speeds
in excess of 1Mb/sec.– Covers markets outside of typical commercial models. – Enables collaborative development and integration of
innovative wireless enterprise application solutions.– Enables a “network of networks” in support of cross-industry
collaboration.
Mission & Objectives
Create statewide, border-to-border, wireless broadband network that:
– Breaks down barriers to innovation – Improves interoperability among new products and
technologies– Establishes Rhode Island as an ideal place to explore and
test new business models.
RI-WINs Overview• RI-WINs focus on innovation is unique
– Applications and solutions– Not cheap Internet access
• Collaborative private-public partnership is the most flexible approach– Partnership preferred to competition– Clear return to partners– Wholesale model– Non-profit enterprise membership structure– Avoid silos with shared multi-purpose network
• Reach every level of the value chain across every sector of economy
The RI-WINs Wireless Ecosystem
RI-WINs End User-Provider Collaboration•Neutral Forum•Aggregation of Requirements, Demand, Application Knowledge, User Creativity•Joint Development•Field Trial/Beta Site•Deployment@Scale
End User Access•Industry Expertise•On-going Operational & Communications Requirements
Provider WirelessTechnology Access•Application Expertise•Technical Resources•Technology Roadmap
Wireless Innovation•Lower Cost Operations•Better End User Services & Products•Economic Development•Bigger Wireless Market & Market Share
Project Economics
• Cost structure: – Pilot Network approximately $1 million
– Full network deployment approximately $20 million
• Partnership funding– Pilot project funded by a combination of federal, state, and private
funds
– In-kind contributions of spectrum, tower and building access, fiber for backhaul, network engineering, etc.
Project Economics
• Revenues produced by membership and usage– Annual memberships to include standard services and user
population
– Incentive to add applications and usage
– Incremental user service fees
• Operational Model– Estimated annual budget at full operations approximately $7 million
– Conservative demand estimate produces significant surplus to invest in new innovation and sustain state-of-art
Pilot Applications• Rhode Island Port Security Project
RI-WINs accessed as part of port security demonstration project to create seamless and secure broadband wireless network for waterborne first responders.
• CVS/Pharmacy IT Field SupportInformation technology personnel from CVS/Pharmacy will use the RI-WINs network to access corporate applications and data while in the field.
Brown University Mobile Higher EducationRI-WINs pilot will provide wireless broadband connectivity to facilitate the RI Teacher Education Renewal (RITER) project, a partnership composed of all 8 approved teacher preparation programs in Rhode Island.
• Rhode Island Department of Administration RI-WINs will pilot innovative wireless solutions for activities at Rhode Island’s Department of Environmental Management and the Department of Health.
The RI-WINs network architecture
Internet
BTS
BTS
FOT
FOT
WiFi
Area Cluster
FOT R
oute
r FOT
Policy Mgr
BIF
ClusterAggregation
Cluster Core
WiMax
WiMax
Deployment
• RI-WINs Pilot – Deployed Feb, 2006 and runs 6-12 months– Geography covered Providence, Newport, Narragansett Bay
• Pilot to validate feasibility study– Significant demand for statewide network and services– Financial self-sustaining within 2 years– Generate “Innovation Reserve” to sustain state-of-art
approach
Impact Analysis• Widespread interest and support
– Public-private partnership includes organizations user and provider organizations
– In-state, national, and global organizations
• Pilot scope close to original objective
• Generating spontaneous participation from new sources
Lessons Learned & Next Steps
• Broad-based partnership and collaboration required for success– Difficult and time-consuming– Must keep focus on shared value proposition and
core objectives
• Implementation and Execution