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Advanced Telecom and Broadband Deployment In Arizona

Arizona Telecommunications and Information Council

Communications Infrastructure Advisory Committee, Governor’s Council On Innovation and Technology


The Summit Welcome - Mike Keeling, Chair, ATIC

Purpose of The Summit

Like water and roads, advanced telecommunications and broadband Internet services are critical infrastructure for Arizona communities

Many rural and other underserved communities lack the infrastructure to support deployment of these services

The purpose of the Summit is to accelerate deployment of these services to all Arizona communities

The plan is to explore options and leave the Summit with consensus on policies and implementation plans to remove barriers to the deployment of this critical infrastructure.


Summit Events Pre and Post Briefing Documents on the Summit Web Site

Four Online Pre-Summit Briefing Sessions

Today’s Summit event Telecom in Arizona Status and Initiatives Community And Tribal Planning (Lunch)

Keynote Presentation – Honorable Joe Shirley, President, Navajo Nation

The Navajo Model – Ernest Franklin, Director, Navajo Nation Telecommunications Regulatory Commission

Town of Superior Arizona, Mayor Michael Hing Planning and Policy Development Workshops Telecom/Technology Expo Arizona Technology Council After5 Reception and Showcase


Four Online Pre-Summit Briefing Sessions

Background information, technology overviews, updates on Arizona issues and initiatives, best practices, etc.

April 9 - Updates on Arizona Issues and Initiatives

April 19 – Community and Tribal Planning Town of Superior initiative Telecommunication Issues in Indian Country Community Planning Processes

April 30 – Overview of Telecom Technologies

May 10 – Issues and Challenges - Telecom Providers Perspective

Some Sessions Online - www.tucsonlink.org/Summit07


Participants Invited

Federal, state, local, and tribal elected officials and policy advisors

Chief Information Officers

Telecom service provider executives

Key stakeholder representatives (economic development, education, government, health services, public safety, libraries, homeland security, CIOs, etc)


Presented By Arizona Telecommunications and Information Council

Communications Infrastructure Advisory Committee to GCIT, the Governor’s Council on Innovation & Technology

In Cooperation With

Arizona Consumers Council

Arizona Association for Economic Development

Arizona Department of Commerce

Arizona Government Information Technology Agency

Arizona Small Business Association


Presented By

County Supervisor’s Association of Arizona

Arizona Technology Council

Arizona Telemedicine Program

eLearning System For Arizona Teachers and Students

Greater Arizona eLearning Association

League of Arizona Cities and Towns

Navajo Nation Telecommunications Regulatory Commission

Community Information and Telecommunications Alliance

Thanks to Our Sponsors

Cox Communications

TeleSpectra/Sparkplug

Conterra Ultra Broadband

Arizona State Library Archives and Public Records

Platinum

Gold Conferencing

Silver


A Special Thanks

Platinum Sponsors


Welcome

Mike Keeling, Chair, ATIC

Chris Cummiskey, Director, State Government Information Technology Agency (GITA), and Chair of the Communications Infrastructure Advisory Committee

Jan Lesher, Director, Arizona Department of Commerce

ATIC Introduction – Oris Friesen, Vice Chair, ATIC

CIAC Introduction – Galen Updike, Telecommunications Manager, GITA

Presentations

Schedule - Steve Peters, Summit Coordinator


Arizona Telecommunications And Information Council

Oris Friesen, ATIC Vice Chair



Engages in initiatives and guides adoption of public policies that enable access to advanced telecommunications services and information technologies

Public and private partners include:

Large and small businesses

Health care, economic development, consumer organizations

Libraries, educational institutions,

Arizona Corporation Commission and legislature, local and state government agencies

Information technology and telecommunications companies


ATIC Initiatives

Telecom Planning with CIAC

Strategy Committee

Cyber Security

Arizona Corporation Commission Debates

Arizona Telecommunications Directory

Homeland Security (DHS) I-19 First Responder Wi-Fi Grant

Arizona Telecom Roundtable (2005) and Arizona Telecom Summit 2007

Town Of Superior Initiative


Communications InfrastructureAdvisory Committee

Galen Updike, Telecommunications Manager, Government Information Technology Agency


Communications Infrastructure Advisory Committee

CIAC is a 21 member Public/Private Committee of the Governor’s Council on Innovation & Technology (GCIT)

Advises GCIT on policies and strategies to close the Digital Divide in Arizona

CIAC, with ATIC, is charting a strategic plan to overcome barriers to statewide broadband deployment

GCIT - Governor's advisory group for innovation and technology

Enable Arizona to become a global leader in innovation and technology research, development and product creation

Strengthen the Arizona innovation and technology infrastructure (including telecom)


Major CIAC Accomplishments

Coordinated the 2005 Statewide Network Request For Information (RFI) to better understand the requirements of telecom providers. Responses included barriers, issues, costs, relations between telecom providers, and community solutions

Adopted, and facilitated GCIT approval of, 11 strategy and policy recommendations that provide a framework for CIAC initiatives

Provided an ongoing nexus and forum for discussion of Arizona Broadband initiatives and policy (working closely with ATIC)

Created 3 CIAC Task Forces (State Strategic Plan, Rights-of-Way, Broadband Authority)

Supported Arizona Broadband Initiative Framework Report 2007 by Center for Digital Government - Funded by GITA and CEDC


Presentations

Telecom in Arizona –Status and Initiatives,

Mike Keeling, Chair, ATIC and Ron Schott, Acting CEO, Arizona Technology Council and Chair, CIAC Strategic Plan Committee

Community and Tribal Planning– James Hettrick, Chief Executive Officer, Information Systems Management Solutions, Inc

Challenges To Deployment In Indian Country - Ron Lee, President, Native Policy Group

Telecom Technologies – Mark Goldstein, President, International Research Center

Telecom Providers Perspective – Deborah Dupee, IT/Telecom Business Systems Consultant, Advanced TechSystems


Telecom in ArizonaStatus and Initiatives

Michael Keeling, ATIC Chair


Critical Infrastructure

In our Networked World affordable broadband Internet and advanced telecommunications services are critical infrastructure to support:

• Community development

• Critical services such as police and fire

• Telemedicine and health care institutions

• eLearning for P-20 through life long learning

• eGovernment for improved citizen services

• Economic development including growing existing businesses and starting or attracting new businesses

• Estimated $8.5 Billion increase in GDP, $100 Million increase in State revenue for, 11,500 new (mostly hi-tech) jobs*


What is Broadband

The FCC defines broadband as an Internet connection at a speed of 200 kilobits per second (kbps) in either direction (basic services).

In the Networked World this basic broadband service is no longer adequate to support services such as eCommerce, eHealth, eGovernment, and eLearning

ATIC and CIAC have recommended advanced broadband services providing a minimum of 1 Mbps


Status of Broadband In Arizona

Greater metropolitan areas have an increasing number of affordable basic (200 Kb) and advanced (1 Mbps +) broadband options

Many smaller and rural communities are under-served or have no broadband access. The majority of rural communities now have access to basic broadband last-mile services such as cable modem, DSL, or wireless. Of Arizona’s 225 communities of 500 population or more, 40 have no Broadband availability.

Many rural communities still lack consistent coverage of basic broadband services and they do not have the infrastructure to support advanced (1mps+) broadband deployment.


Status of Broadband In Arizona

As of 2006 20% of rural districts have schools with only Dial-up (56k) connection to the Internet

Of the rural communities that have services, many still face middle and last-mile deficits, experiencing much higher service costs, making it unaffordable to end users. In many where Broadband is available, the rates are 2 - 3 times more expensive than rates in Phoenix or Tucson.

An estimated 50% of Arizona citizens in rural communities and a half million in urban communities (totaling about 20% of the State’s population) do not have access to advanced broadband connections

Many rural communities also lack redundancy in order to maintain connectivity in the event of network failure


Barriers, Strategies and Policies

ATIC and CIAC have identified barriers to deployment of advanced telecommunications services and broadband Internet access to rural and under-served communities

ATIC and CIAC adopted eleven strategy and policy recommendations to overcome these barriers

Advanced Telecom and Broadband Deployment in Arizona - ATIC Recommendation to the Governor's Council on Innovation and Technology - May 2005


Goals

Accelerate deployment of advanced telecommunications services and affordable broadband Internet access throughout the State.

Develop voice, video and data applications that ride over the infrastructure that will link the Arizona community and support education, economic and community development.

Develop strategies to Bridge the Digital Divide

Support tribes and local communities in development and implementation of technology infrastructure strategies and initiatives.


Strategy

The strategy is to remove barriers and develop public policies and market-driven strategies that will encourage competition, private-sector investment in, and rapid deployment of telecom services

Where no market-driven solution can be found, we need to identify ways in which communities and the State can “fill-in” the gaps.


Middle Mile

Interoperability

Redundancy

Infrastructure Development Deficits


Middle Mile and Redundancy

ATIC and CIAC have been focusing on deployment of redundant middle mile services

Two primary telecom services Last Mile and Middle Mile

Last Mile is the connection between the ISP and end user - businesses, homes, schools, etc.

The Middle Mile is the connections between local communities and the Internet backbone in the metropolitan areas such as Phoenix and Tucson


Middle Mile

If a common middle mile infrastructure is not available, at reasonable rates:

Communities may not be served

Communities or last mile providers must construct their own

Last mile costs and end users rates will be higher


Barriers to Broadband Deployment

Lack of Statewide Focus, Planning and Coordination

Provider Return on Investment Requirements

Access to Rights-of-Way

Funding


Return on Investment: Requires a balance between deployment costs, affordable end user rates, and the length of time for the provider’s ROI (18 - 24 months)

Access to Rights-of-Way: Federal, tribal, state and local Rights-of-Way issues such as multiple jurisdiction permitting, delayed application approvals, and unequal and prohibitive fees

Planning and Coordination: There is no coordinated statewide strategy

We are not leveraging existing investments

Losing out on millions of federal dollars

Barriers To Middle Mile Deployment


Recommendations Establish a Telecommunications Infrastructure Advisory

Committee under the Governor’s Council on Innovation and Technology

Develop a Broadband Development Authority

Provide Focus, Planning and Coordination

Develop dedicated funding mechanisms and strategies such as an Arizona Broadband Universal Service Fund

Provide support for the development of a Statewide Telecom Strategic Plan that will enable the vision, framework and strategies for the deployment of a statewide telecom infrastructure.


Recommendations

Convene a series of regional and statewide Telecom Roundtables

Provide state support to identify potential funding sources and provide grant writing assistance to help fund state and local telecom infrastructure projects

Implement a strategy to facilitate increased use of the federal E-rate subsidies in the state

Provide ongoing funding for Community Telecommunications Assessments and Plans to identify community telecom assets, assess their needs, and develop and implement telecom infrastructure strategies and initiatives


Recommendations

Adopt an Arizona definition of Broadband to be a minimum of 1Mbps

Encourage access to local, state, federal and tribal rights-of-way

Monitor legislative actions to ensure that explicit or de facto barriers to municipal participation in Broadband deployment are eliminated.


Implementation Strategies

Ron Schott, Chair, CIAC Strategic Plan Committee


Key Reports Provide Framework

Connecting Arizona: Ensuring Broadband Access for All

ATIC Strategic Plan Committee - Fall 2002

Advanced Telecom and Broadband Deployment in Arizona

ATIC Recommendations to the Governor's Council on Innovation and Technology - May 2005

2005 Statewide Network Request For Information (RFI)

Communications Infrastructure Advisory Committee 2005

Arizona Broadband Initiative Framework Report

Center for Digital Government – Arizona Department Of Commerce & CIAC


ATIC/CIAC Priorities

State Strategic Telecom Plan

Arizona Broadband Development Authority

Leadership, Planning and Coordination

Funding mechanisms and strategies

Rights-of-Way access

Local/Regional/Community/Tribal planning and policies

Telecom Summit



Center for Digital Government

Funded by:

Arizona Government Information Technology Agency

Commerce and Economic Development Commission (CEDC - Arizona department Of Commerce)



Premises

Broadband is a fundamental utility

Other states are establishing broadband capability in rural areas

Objective

Identify programmatic components with high potential for benefit to Arizona


Tasks

Review public sector legal, policy and economic programs and incentives

Utilized in other states

designed to promote broadband deployment

Focus on program components that support extension of broadband to rural Arizona (Rural BB)

Make recommendations


Assessment Scope 14 State Programs: NC, ME, MI, IL, UT, WA,

CO, VT, SC, MN, MO, KS, CA, NE, and OK

6 Community Deployments

Tempe AZ

Moorhead MN

Chelan County WA,

Nelson County VA

Philadelphia PA

Tribal Digital Village Consortium

San Diego County, CA


Recommendations

Engage government as a catalyst

Identify, encourage and promote local initiatives and preserve local government’s authority to deploy broadband networks

Hire a professional grant writer to create and coordinate broadband telecommunications grant applications

Inventory broadband infrastructure and identify priority deployment areas


Recommendations

Actively seek public-private partnership proposals to maximize existing public infrastructure and public assets

Streamline regulation and fee structures for access to public rights-of-way, either through executive order or legislation

Create a broadband deployment coordinating authority or nonprofit corporation with the ability to fund and manage specific projects

Create a statewide broadband “Champion”


Four Models

The state encourages private sector investment (Washington and Colorado)

creates a statewide public service network connecting all levels of government, education and healthcare

aggregates public sector demand and becomes the anchor tenant creating the demand for private sector investment

Creation of a public-private partnership coordinating organization (Kentucky, North Carolina, Utah)

a state-chartered nonprofit corporation to coordinate infrastructure expansion efforts

draws on both public and private resources


Four Models

Strong executive leadership and the creation of a Broadband Authority by executive order from the Governor or by legislation (Michigan, California, Vermont and Maine)

provides planning, coordination and leadership

creates a dedicated funding mechanism such as a state Broadband Universal Service Fund

makes grants or loans to commercial providers or communities

reforms the processes governing access to public rights-of-way

Hybrid Model

Based on elements from each of the above models


Community and Tribal Planning

James Hettrick, Chief Executive OfficerInformation Systems Management Solutions, Inc


Community Broadband Planning

Developing Confluence through Pre-deployment Planning

Communications Master Planning for Broadband

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Local Broadband Development Requires Local Broadband Development Requires

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Communications Master Planning StepsCommunications Master Planning Steps

SWOT Assessment

Business & Residential Survey

Documents & Existing Plans Review

Trans-Sectional Analysis

Public Agencies Summit

Vendor Evaluations

Private Stakeholders Summit

Assessing potential for Private-Public Partnerships

Economic, Demographic and Market Summary

Infrastructure & Service Assessment

Service Offerings

Economic Viability Study

Proposed Development Assessments

FIRST PHASE: SITUATIONAL ASSESSMENT, ANALYSIS, PROJECT VISION & STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES


Master Planning StepsMaster Planning Steps

Implementation Options

Technology Solutions

Programming

Scheduling

Total Cost of Ownership

Return on Investment

Financing

Management Structures

Securing Private-Public Partnerships

SECOND PHASE: PROJECT DEFINITION, PROJECT DESIGN & DEPLOYMENT STRATEGIES



Technology Selection

Staff, Vendor and Contractor Negotiations

Broadband Integration

Communications Convergence

Technology Aggregation

Regulation and Code Compliance

Ordinance Creation

THIRD PHASE: SYSTEM DESIGN, DESIGN & IMPLEMENTATION PLANNING



Staff, Vendor and Contractor Selection

Contract and Budget Oversight

Construction Management

Schedule, Inspection and Permitting

FOURTH PHASE: PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION & CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT


Source: Broadband Access: Local Government Roles, IQ Service Report Vol 32, No 5, International City / County Management Association, May, 2000.

Alternative Roles for Municipal Government Catalyst:

City prods private-sector entities to increase public awareness of their services and to provide greater geographic access. City uses its airport, business park or industrial park to encourage private companies to provide high-speed access.

Enabler / Facilitator:

City is more ambitious using its government resources to help the private sector expand / Improve services. City avoids getting “into the business”. Common examples include:

Co-location, less-constraining Plans Review Process, pre-approved zoning, streamlined permitting for trenching for fiber and cable emplacement & aggregation of multiple government-agency needs (public I-Net).


Source: Broadband Access: Local Government Roles, IQ Service Report Vol 32, No 5, International City / County Management Association, May, 2000.

Alternative Roles for Municipal Government

Infrastructure Provider:

City modifies building code & construction / engineering standards.

City requires fiber-to-the-home and smart building construction.

City require new developments to place conduit in the public right of way for lease, open access and level playing field.

Service Retailer:

City constructs its own fiber / Wi-Fi network and offers a competitive service.


Thank you

W. James Hettrick, Chief Executive OfficerInformation Systems Management Solutions, Inc. [email protected] East State Street, Suite 470, Redlands, CA 92373http://www.is-ms.com

David A. Evertsen, Principal, MPA & MUPMunicipal Solutions, llc.928.220.2611 [email protected] PO Box 5038, Goodyear, AZ 85338www.municipalsolutions.org

http://www.is-ms.com/

http://www.municipalsolutions.org/


Challenges To Deployment In Indian Country

Ron Lee, President, Native Policy Groupon behalf of the Navajo Nation

TelecommunicationRegulatory Commission (NNTRC)


Background

Land-base

Population

Per capita income

Poverty level

Unemployment

85 – 17.2 mill. Acres

111 – 255,543

$6,800 min.

44% v. 12.4% Nat’l

26% v. 5.8% Nat’l


Barriers

Financial

Geographic Location

Lack of Technical Capacity

Rights-of-way


Approaches

Federal Grants, Loans, P-S Partnership

Develop own Telecommunication System

Focus on Wireless Technologies

Partnerships with Educational Institutions

Streamline ROW process to aid service providers


Another Approach by Arizona Tribes

Created the Reservation Telecommunication Legislative Study Committee

Identify methods to track tribal contributions to the state transaction privilege tax (TPT);

Identify an appropriate distribution formula that is modeled after the current city and state shared revenue formulas;

Identify an appropriate transaction privilege tax distribution process for tribal governments;

Recommend tribal telecommunications legislation that incorporates the state transaction privilege tax; and

Submit findings and recommendations to the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate on or before June 30, 2007.

Telecom Technologies

Mark Goldstein, President, International Research Center

POTS, DSL, Cable, Cellular, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, UWB,

Bluetooth, Fiber, Free Space Optics (FSO), Broadband over Power Line (BPL), and More

602-470-0389, [email protected]


Phone Modem, DSL, T1/T3 over Copper

Technology Basics Pros Cons

Phone Modem over Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS)

Up to 56Kbps upstream & 80Kbps downstream over standard phone circuits, Worldwide data standard (V.92)

Lowest common denominator, Embedded in most PCs & laptops, Works over standard phone line, $0-22/mo

Slow, slow, slow, Performance rarely near top speeds (YMMV), Ties up a voice phone line when in use

Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)

High frequencies over standard POTS voice circuits, Typ. speeds 256Kbps up/768Kbps down up to 50Mbps VDSL

Multiple variants ADSL, VDSL, etc. can serve data and sometimes video, Modest cost to homes & enterprises

Distance sensitive generally 3K to 18K ft. from CO/DSLAM, ILEC infrastructure investments & availability spotty

T-1/T-3 Circuits ILEC/CLEC provided data service for enterprises, Rates of T1=1.5Mbps & T3=45Mbps

Long-standing enterprise grade data delivery for multiple protocols, services & uses

T-1 $300-1200/mo, T-3 Lots of $$$, All locations not serviceable


Cable Modem, Fiber Optics, FSO

Technology Basics Pros ConsCable Modem Cable MSOs have

broadly deployed in U.S., Delivered over coax with TV and Voice/VoIP as triple play from FTTN

8Mbps down today at low cost (≈$40/mo with other avail. tiers), DOCSIS 3.0 to 160Mbps coming, good metro footprint

Not available everywhere especially rural, Neighborhood loop config., Best pricing when bundled

Fiber Optics Highest capacity w. OC-3 (155Mbps) to OC-192 (10Gbps) per lambda (λ) of light, No interference

Highest capacity for middle & long haul, Multiple lambda (λ) per fiber & multiple fibers per cable, FTTP possible

Metro rings but very limited last mile infrastructure, PON deployments will likely reach few homes & businesses

Free Space Optics (FSO)

Laser optical transceivers over air good for 3-5 Km, Modest equipment cost & no ROW use

OC-3 (155Mbps) to OC-48 (2.5Gbps) over a lambda (λ) of light, Enterprise campus applications and some metro

$20-50K per transceiver pair, Distance limitations, Sensitive to fog and dust storms (use microwave backup)


Cellular, Wi-Fi, WiMAX Wireless


Cellular Traditional voice services complemented by 3G data services from 150K to 1Mbps

Good metro & transportation corridor coverage, Eventual 4G (HSDPA) data rates to 10Mbps

Coverage spotty or nonexistent in some places especially rural, High cost data plans ($60-100/mo)

Wi-Fi Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) through 802.11 spec, Low cost CPE in retail channels, Fixed & nomadic

Common WLAN for homes & business, Mesh configurations lend to municipal networks, Modest cost ($0-35/mo)

Security settings often not configured & concerns vs. wired services, Short distances, RF channel conflict

WiMAX & Wireless Point to Point

Microwave P2P for backhaul, 802.16 spec firming for fixed & mobile, Fair speeds & distances

Long distances of 20-100 miles, Fairly high data rates, WiMAX will be embedded in future

Licensed vs. unlicensed frequency issues, Interference concerns


Satellite, Bluetooth, UWB, BPL


Satellite Orbital platforms for earth sensing and communications, Uses geostationary orbits for most data services

Data service footprints cover entire continental U.S., Available to rural customers when nothing else is

Slower speeds (≈256Kbps up/ 600Kbps down) and higher cost ($50-120/mo) for home & business customers

Bluetooth & Ultra Wideband (UWB)

Personal Area Network (PAN) for peripherals and media access, Bluetooth common in mobile devices

Low power, versatile wireless peripheral interface to multiple devices, Upcoming Wireless USB to be UWB

Short distances (<=10M Bluetooth & <=30M UWB), RF interference issues

Broadband over Power Line (BPL)

Modest data speeds carried over power lines into homes and businesses, Current trials around U.S.

Leverages electrical distribution infrastructure, Power company can partner with ISPs

Signal injection and transformer bypass investments significant, RF interference issues


The Telecom Providers Perspective Deborah Dupee, IT/Telecom Business Systems

Consultant, Advanced TechSystems


Issues

Middle Mile backhaul infrastructure needed

Reservations and remote areas have built-up demand

Barriers To Middle Mile Deployment

Overcoming distance is expensive

Knowledge of existing Telecom backbone not shared with other providers. - Overbuilding

Some municipalities require annual Cable license renewal

Rural middle mile not as robust as Metros - DSLAMS are expensive

No business case in many communities


Provider Issues Public funding: Grants hard to obtain for providers and for small

communities that are often understaffed

RUS/USDA funds huge, have been misused: e.g. Utopia project in Utah using funds for suburbs of Salt Lake and Provo, not rural communities.

Federal and state Universal Service Funds do not support broadband deployment - for POTS only

Rights-of-way: Federal, tribal, state and local issues such as multiple jurisdiction permitting, delayed application approvals, and unequal and prohibitive fees increase costs and delay deployment

For example, Tribal lands with BIA requirements and Navajo Reservation approvals needed from 16 different entities


Provider Recommendations

Share Middle Mile costs

Share information on provider deployments that would enable multiple uses rather than single purpose rollout (e.g., library or school).

Tribal governments should explore more partnerships with private companies

Grants Research and provide public funds

BIA relationship with Tribes needs updating: e.g., for current technologies, including wireless


Provider Recommendations

RUS Rural Utility Service and other Federal Grants should be publicized through State Contracting Procurement Codes

More coordination among agencies, municipalities, providers to defray middle mile build-out costs

Procurement codes for state contractors currently conflicting, they are not synchronized for grants, telecom projects, etc.


Summit Schedule Steve Peters, Summit Coordinator


Summit Schedule

8:00 -9:00 Registration, Networking and Exhibitors

9:00-10:15 Welcome Plenary Session

10:30 – 11:30 Planning and Policy Development Breakout Sessions

11:30 - 12:00 Networking and Exhibitors

12:00 - 1:15 Lunch and Program– Community And Tribal Planning Keynote: Dr. Joe Shirley, President Navajo Nation Ernest Franklin, Director, Navajo Telecom Regulatory

Commission Town of Superior, TBA

1:30 - 3:00 Planning and Policy Development Breakout Sessions

3:00 - 3:30 Break, Networking and Exhibitors

3:45 - 5:00 Large Group Report Session and Voting

5:00 - 7:00 Arizona Tech Council After Five Reception, Networking, Expo


Workshops

Leadership Structures and Funding Mechanisms

Help identify options and reach consensus on the structure, funding mechanisms and strategies to

help fund telecom infrastructure projects provide statewide leadership, coordination and planning.

Look at options such as a state Broadband Development Authority or a public and private nonprofit infrastructure organization, developing an Arizona Broadband Universal Service Fund, providing grants and loans, or providing grant writing assistance for state and local projects.


Workshops

State Strategic Telecom Planning

Develop content and processes for a Statewide Plan

Includes development of local/tribal plan

Will provide the vision, framework and strategies

Local/Regional and Tribal Planning Strategies

Identify funding strategies, best practices, and planning process for communities/regions and tribes to:

Conduct community assessments

Develop and implement telecom infrastructure strategies and initiatives


Workshops Rights-Of-Way

Identify barriers and explore strategies to:

Lower costs Expedite telecom provider access to federal, state,

tribal, and local public rights-of-way Telecom Providers Perspective

Identify issues and barriers to deployment

Develop recommendations to overcome these barriers

Initiate discussion on the development of the ATIC Telecom Provider Committee

You will stay in the same workshop for both sessions

State Telecom Planning – Palo Verde 2

Local Planning Strategies - Sirrine

Leadership and Funding - Crismon

Rights-Of-Way – Palo Verde 3

Telecom Providers Perspective – Palo Verde 1

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