Solutions and Expertise Brief

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ContentsContents

• Introduction to Codium Networks• Introduction to Codium Networks

• Solutions offered– Mobile WiMAX/LTEMobile WiMAX/LTE– Next Gen. BWA

• Expertise fielded:– Business Case Analysis– Technical/Network Assessment– RF Planning– Project Management and Deployment ServicesProject Management and Deployment Services– OA&M Support

Summary

CODIUM N t k i th “N t G BWA i li t” t CODIUM Networks is the “Next Gen. BWA specialist” system integrator, and is prepared to support our customers with the following success-winning factors:

• Leadership: Kiriako Vergos, CEO of Codium - is a Europeanpioneer in Broadband Wireless Access technologies, created thepioneer in Broadband Wireless Access technologies, created the‘Milenio’ LMDS Consortium in 1998 with partners such as: BanqueParibas and Winstar (World’s largest WLL operator). Built SouthernEurope’s first major carrier offering a truly convergent voice/dataIP network.

• Team: A senior group of wireless and engineering professionals,which has lead Southern Europe’s largest BWA networkwhich has lead Southern Europe s largest BWA networkdeployments.

• Strategic Vision: Codium’s experience and profoundunderstanding of operator requirements have led it to chose for itsnetwork roll-outs the very best Mobile WiMAX technology availabletoday – Motorola’s WAP solution – and to be more experienced

d b l f d f l h land better qualified for its implementation than anyone else.• Core Competencies :

– Unique “4G-specific” RF planning and engineering resourcesdeployed in 9 countries.

– Project Management capabilities– Full turn-key solution offering: the Telco/ISP may focus its

efforts on market penetration while Codium takes care of therest, including network design, installation, integration,maintenance and operation (if required).

Summary - 2

CODIUM Networks is a small and highly specialized 4G system-integration ‘boutique’ with operations in Europe, Africa and Middle East and Latin America.

• Year of incorporation: 2003p

• Staffing- at any given time and very much depending upon thenumber and size of projects being executed concurrently Codiumfields up to 50 operations/engineering staff.

• Headquarters: Madrid, SPAIN

• Regional office: Athens, GREECE

• Volume of business: Codium is a privately held company and• Volume of business: Codium is a privately held company andsuch data is not published, however it would be fair to say thatwith our ever growing customer list, including such prestigiousorganisations as the UN and the EC, revenue growth at present isvery strong.

• Codium Networks is an entity fully vetted by the EuropeanCommission (PIC number: 999673465/01-01-08)

CODIUM Networks: “The network specialist in Mobile WiMAX CODIUM Networks: The network specialist in Mobile WiMAX, with the widest experience in network design and roll-out in the

Southern EMEA region

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• No 1 independent Next Gen BWA system• No.1 independent Next Gen. BWA systemintegrator in the Southern EMEA region.

• Mobile WiMAX/LTE pioneer with specializedcapabilities and several networkcapabilities and several networkdeployments across the Southern EMEAregion.

• Collective expertise from several large• Collective expertise from several largescale broadband deployments across theglobe.(Legacy, xDSL, LMDS,GSM,UMTSand Metro-Mesh, Public Wi-Fi and MobileWiMAX).WiMAX).

• Unique mix of “best-of-breed” broadbandWireless technologies and the uniqueknow-how to implement them in the mostknow how to implement them in the mosteconomic and operationally robustmanner.

Solutions offered: Mobile Solutions offered: Mobile WiMAXWiMAXWiMAXWiMAX

• Codium Networks is the first• Codium Networks is the firstand most experienced MobileWiMAX specialist in the EMEAregion.

• Codium deployments, includethe first publicly funded pre-WiMAX deployment in SouthernEurope. Since then Codium hasEurope. Since then Codium hasbecome a leading proponentand supplier of “pre-MobileWiMAX” and fully certifiedMobile WiMAX networks across2 i li d2 continents, e.g. we suppliedthe very first 802.16e wave2field deployment in SouthernEurope.

• Codium Networks’ substantialexperience in this field makesus quite unique in MEA andgives us the know how to offergives us the know-how to offercomplete, low-risk, turn-keysolutions

Solutions offered:Solutions offered:BWA B i C A l iBWA B i C A l iBWA Business Case AnalysisBWA Business Case Analysis

• Codium Networks hasd l d l b ideveloped several businesscase templates for customersin different countries, thathelped them to select thepmost profitable deploymentstrategy.

• Business consulting expertiseincludes successful businesscase analysis for:

b– urban– semi-urban and– rural demographics in Europe,

as well as different areas inthe developing world

Solutions offered:Solutions offered:BWA Technology ConsultingBWA Technology Consulting

• Codium’s BWA knowledge-basefrom legacy to emerging

h ltechnologies is a core competencewhich permits us to effectivelysupport municipal authorities in thefollowing tasks:following tasks:– Preliminary feasibility study for

nationwide, regional and municipal projects

– Public Tender specification development.

– RFP and RFI development and response.

– BWA Product comparative analysis and certification.G l lti – General consulting, coordination and audit services in support of municipality

Solutions offered:Solutions offered:RF Pl i C di ’ i d tRF Pl i C di ’ i d tRF Planning; Codium’s unique advantageRF Planning; Codium’s unique advantage

• Codium Networks works closely withseveral broadband Wireless Accessseveral broadband Wireless Accessmanufacturers and leading digital dataproviders to continuously evolve our RFpredictive coverage simulations, basedon a combination of the use ofon a combination of the use ofproprietary software tools continuouslyfine-tuned via our own empirical andstatistical data bases.

• RF capabilities include GSM, 3G, Wi-Fi(LOS, n-LOS and NLOS) and MobileWiMAX propagation models.

• Our customers realise that good RFplanning is critical in avoiding budgetover-runs and in securing revenue-generation and Codium is uniquelygeneration, and Codium is uniquelypositioned to offer them just that.

Solutions offered:Solutions offered:RF Planning; Codium’s unique advantageRF Planning; Codium’s unique advantageRF Planning; Codium s unique advantageRF Planning; Codium s unique advantage

Model D: Codium ProprietaryModel C: DeygoutModel A: LOS Model B: LMDS

This example shows a comparison among different “tuned propagation models”- Model “D“,developed by CODIUM, in collaboration, amongst others, with the University of Madrid and aworld renowned authority on RF, includes digital beam-forming gain, spread delay and slowfading and clutter specific penetration losses; to ensure that RF planning simulation error isfading and clutter specific penetration losses; to ensure that RF planning simulation error isminimized.

RF Planning ExamplesRF Planning Examples(GSM(GSM UMTS)UMTS)(GSM(GSM--UMTS)UMTS)

Single BTS Simulations Multiple BTS Simulation

RF Planning ExamplesRF Planning Examples(WiMAX)(WiMAX)(WiMAX)(WiMAX)

Solutions offered:Solutions offered:P j t M tP j t M tProject ManagementProject Management

• Another Codium corecompetency is Projectcompetency is ProjectManagement, developed overmany years of participation incomplex large scaledeployments in the Broadbanddeployments in the BroadbandWireless space.

• Based in a flexible project planp j pdevelopment strategy, Codiumensures that all project tasks,activities and milestones aremeticulously monitored andmeticulously monitored andexecuted, ensuring the client asmooth network roll-out,independently of the degree ofcustomer involvement in thecustomer involvement in theprocess (from shared activityownership to a turnkey basedprocess).

Solutions offered:Solutions offered:D l t S iD l t S iDeployment ServicesDeployment Services

• In addition to its Product Supply,S t I t ti B iSystem Integration, BusinessDevelopment, RF Planning andProject Management corecompetencies; Codium provides toit li t l t t fits clients a complete set ofprofessional services focused onNext Gen. Broadband WirelessAccess network deployments,p yincluding:

– Location-based market analysis– Site huntingSite hunting– Site acquisition– License and permits application support– Detailed Site engineering– Network engineeringNetwork engineering– Installation, commissioning and Ready

for service certification– Complete Network audit/optimisation

services– Certification training– TAC support services.

Solutions offered:Solutions offered:OA&M S tOA&M S tOA&M SupportOA&M Support

• Codium has designed a fullycomprehensive menu of OA&Mservices that allow the serviceservices that allow the serviceprovider to succesfully operatethe network inspite of a lackof specialised know-how, withthe Codium team givingthe Codium team givingcomplete 7/24 tech-support tothe project.

• Codium OA&M professionalsare fully certified to thehighest standards for all theg est sta da ds o a t edifferent platforms we deploy.

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Mobile Mobile WiMAXWiMAX: : the first iteration of 4G networksthe first iteration of 4G networks

Four classes of Four classes of “killer“killer--apsaps””Four classes of Four classes of killerkiller apsaps

• “Mobile WiMAX” networks permit completeb db d i i f li i “ h ”broadband connectivity for applications “on the go”,in the following categories:

Security and Security and Vehicle Vehicle Public/ Public/ “Instant “Instant Security and Security and surveillance/ surveillance/ machine to machine to

machine machine i ii i

Vehicle Vehicle fleets, fleets, public public

works and works and

//HomeHome--zones zones Mobile Mobile

Instant Instant broadband" broadband" residential residential

access in low access in low i i

Benefits:

communicationscommunicationsservicesservicesaccessaccess penetration penetration marketsmarkets

Benefits:•Real time access to critical and pertinent information.

•Makes the information society and its applications directly accessible for users on the go. g

• Increases public security, welfare and productivity, making all broadband services accessible ubiquitously

Some customer referencesSome customer references

Axioma(Honduras)

GD Telecom (El Salvador)( )

Ministry of PublicWorks(Chile)

Kanitt (Argentina)Kanitt (Argentina)

Summary

CODIUM Networks is the “4G specialist” system integrator, and is prepared to support our customers with the following success-winning factors:

• Leadership: Kiriako Vergos, CEO of Codium - is a European pioneer inBroadband Wireless Access technologies, created the ‘Milenio’ LMDS Consortiumin 1998 with partners such as: Banque Paribas and Winstar (World’s largestWLL operator). Built Southern Europe’s first major carrier offering a trulyconvergent voice/data IP network.

• Team: A senior group of wireless and engineering professionals, which has leadSouthern Europe’s largest BWA network deploymentsSouthern Europe’s largest BWA network deployments.

• Strategic Vision: Codium’s experience and profound understanding ofoperator requirements have led it to chose for its network roll-outs the verybest WiMAX technologies available today – and to be more experienced andbetter qualified for their implementation than anyone else.

• Reference clients:– Public ‘supra-national ‘ agencies such as the EC or the UNPublic supra national agencies such as the EC or the UN– Southern Europe’s third largest cable operator– One of Africa’s premium GSM operators– Several WISPs across the Southern EMEA region– Other prestigious operators across the region– Important Public Works Projects in several emerging markets

• Core Competencies :Co e Co pete c es– Unique “WiMAX-specific” RF planning and engineering resources deployed

in 8 countries.– Project Management capabilities– Full turn-key solution offering: the Telco/ISP may focus its efforts on

market penetration while Codium takes care of the rest, includingnetwork design, installation, integration, maintenance and operation (if

i d)required).

CODIUM Networks: “The network specialist in Mobile WiMAX CODIUM Networks: The network specialist in Mobile WiMAX, with the widest experience in network design and roll-out in the

Southern EMEA region