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Broadband Recovery Act Applications Make Extensive Use of the WiROI™
Tool
Wireless 20/20, LLC
September 11, 2009
“But For” Criteria Demonstrated Through Simulations and Forms
Generated for NTIA-BTOP and USDA-BIP Proposals Streamline the
Application Process
New Windsor, NY -- Wireless 20/20, LLC (www.wireless2020.net), a leader
in broadband wireless consulting and the developer of the
industry-leading WiROI™ Business Case Analysis Tool, announced today
that its award-winning WiROI™ Tool was used in the preparation of
multiple first-round Broadband Recovery Act applications. The “But For”
criteria demonstrated through the financial simulations and forms
generated by the WiROI™ Tool streamlined the application preparation
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The company had previously announced
the availability of enhanced tools, financial models and strategic
planning services specific to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
(ARRA) that would give clients the insight needed to make strategic
decisions to prepare proposals for the Broadband Recovery Act
applications for submission to the US Departments of Agriculture,
Commerce and Energy. The result, the WiROI™ ARRA Business Case Analysis
Tool was used by 10 municipalities and operators to build and validate
business cases detailing their financial needs, outlining the financial
return of their proposal, demonstrating the “but for” criteria and
strengthen of their applications.
The WiROI™ ARRA Tool generates the various forms required for these
applications based upon the results of simulations and analysis. Given
the aggressive timeline established by the Broadband Recovery Act and
the resulting first-round Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) the
WiROI™ ARRA Tool saved clients weeks of work in preparing and improving
the quality of proposal applications. “We couldn’t have done it without
the help of the Wireless 20/20 team.” said Paul Coerkamp, CEO of UJet
Holding, who has filed an application to cover the unserved and
underserved parts of Puerto Rico. “Wireless 20/20 understood the keys to
success for our business case and helped us pull together all of the key
financial attachments for our application.”
“We are pleased to have helped numerous clients with their
applications.” said Haig Sarkissian, Principal Consultant at Wireless
20/20, “The second round applications are due in December, and our
experience and proven tools will undoubtedly help even more clients
prepare for this next challenge.”
The WiROI™ ARRA Business Case Analysis Tool models the effects of
federal grant subsidies and loan funding on proposed broadband networks
and services, resulting in a 10-year business case for the application.
The WiROI™ ARRA Tool simplifies generation of a complete proposal,
demonstrating the incremental impact of federal stimulus funding. It
generates the forms required by the Broadband Recovery Act application
including, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash Flows forms, as well
as the Broadband Subscriber Estimates and Other Services for VoIP and
Video. The WiROI™ Tool GUI models numerous assumptions and scenarios,
validating the viability and sustainability of a proposal, accelerating
the broadband stimulus proposal development. The WiROI™ Tool also
evaluates the CapEx and OpEx needs of the access and core networks,
builds a revenue model for the services to be offered, and returns
comprehensive financial outputs that include a 10-year income statement,
from which the required 5-year statements are generated.
Wireless 20/20 will be presenting case studies of Broadband Recovery Act
applications and demonstrating the WiROI™ ARRA Tool during the upcoming
4G World Conference in Chicago. An online, interactive demonstration of
the WiROI™ ARRA Business Case Analysis Tool can be test driven at the
Wireless 20/20 website (www.wireless2020.net).
About Wireless 20/20, LLC
Wireless 20/20 is an independent market research and consulting company
focused solely on the emerging broadband wireless market. Our principals
have been engaged in the wireless industry since its inception and have
gained a thorough understanding of the technical, business and product
issues surrounding the development of wireless devices, equipment,
networks and services. For more information visit: www.wireless2020.net.
WiROI™ is a trademark of Wireless 20/20, LLC. WiMAX Forum® is a
registered trademark and WiMAX™ is a trademark of the WiMAX Forum®. |
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