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Cambium Networks — Investor Presentation (August 2021)
41 slides from Cambium Networks's investor presentation, August 2021
Slide 1: Federal Funding During the Pandemic
“Federal Funding During the Pandemic” Claude Aiken President & CEO WISPA
Slide 2: Programs of Note
Programs of Note • E-Rate Program - Emergency Connectivity Fund • Emergency Broadband Benefit Program • NTIA Programs • Infrastructure Plan
Slide 3: Emergency Connectivity Fund
Emergency Connectivity Fund Emergency Connectivity Fund • Congress established $7.171 billion fund as part of American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARP Act”) • Available to eligible schools and libraries during COVID-19 emergency period for eligible equipment and/or advanced telecommunications and info
Slide 4: Emergency Connectivity Fund
Emergency Connectivity Fund • Eligible Equipment – Wi-Fi hotspots, modems, routers, and devices that combine a modem and router, and connected devices (such as laptops, tablets and similar end-user devices). • Desktops & mobile phones NOT eligible • Fund covers 100% of the “reasonable” costs associa
Slide 5: Emergency Connectivity Fund
Emergency Connectivity Fund • In Areas with Internet Access • Program will reimburse only for the purchase of commercially available service offerings for fixed or mobile broadband Internet access service • In Areas Without Internet Access • Applicants will be able to seek support for construction o
Slide 6: Emergency Connectivity Fund
Emergency Connectivity Fund • Service Locations • Service location is the student or staff’s home. • Only one supported connected device per student/staff/patron. • Schools allowed to install Wi-Fi hotspots on buses and libraries to install on bookmobiles.
Slide 7: Emergency Connectivity Fund
Emergency Connectivity Fund • Application Process • 45-day filing window for purchase of eligible equipment and services made between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022 • Second window for reimbursement for eligible services and equipment purchased between March 1, 2020-June 30, 2021 • Reimbursement Pro
Slide 8: Emergency Connectivity Fund
Emergency Connectivity Fund • Duplication of Funding • EBB, CARES Act, or other provision of American Recovery Plan • Certifications • Waste, Fraud and Abuse • Record Retention • 10 years from last date of service or delivery of equipment • Usage Monitoring • Compliance audits • Enforcement
Slide 9: Emergency Broadband Benefit
Emergency Broadband Benefit • Congress established $3.2 billion benefit as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act on December 27, 2020 • Just shy of the 60-day deadline, the FCC issued rules for the Emergency Broadband Benefit on February 25, 2021 • Program went live May 12, 2021 • Funding prov
Slide 10: Emergency Broadband Benefit
Emergency Broadband Benefit • Funds distributed to participating broadband providers, who grant the discounted internet access to qualifying households that apply • One-time equipment reimbursement options of up to $100
Slide 11: Emergency Broadband Benefit
Emergency Broadband Benefit • EBB Application process opened on March 8, 2021 • There is no deadline to submit application. Funds will be expended until consumed.
Slide 12: Emergency Broadband Benefit
Emergency Broadband Benefit • 3 ways for a “broadband provider” to qualify for EBB 1. As an existing Eligible Telecommunications Carrier (ETC) under the FCC’s Universal Service programs 2. As a non-ETC subject to “automatic approval” 3. As a non-ETC that otherwise provided one or more qualifying bro
Slide 13: Emergency Broadband Benefit
Emergency Broadband Benefit • ETCs do not need to apply for FCC = Just apply to USAC • Non-ETCs must apply to the FCC, either for: • “automatic approval” (if the provider offered an established program as of April 1, 2020) • or for “expedited application” (provided that the provider offered a broadb
Slide 14: Emergency Broadband Benefit
Emergency Broadband Benefit • Eligibility for provider: Provide broadband on Dec. 1, 2020 • “Broadband” defined as “a mass-market retail service by wire or radio that provides the capability to transmit data to and receive data from all or substantially all internet endpoints, including any capabili
Slide 15: Emergency Broadband Benefit
Emergency Broadband Benefit • Eligibility for consumers: • (1) meets the qualifications for participation in the Lifeline program; • (2) has approved to receive benefits under the free and reduced price lunch program or the school breakfast program; • (3) experienced a substantial loss of income sin
Slide 16: Emergency Broadband Benefit
Emergency Broadband Benefit • Stand-alone service not required • “If such bundled service options were offered ‘in the same manner and on the same terms’ on December 1, 2020, participating providers should be able to apply the monthly discount of up to $50 per month, or up to $75 for Tribal lands, t
Slide 17: Emergency Broadband Benefit
Emergency Broadband Benefit • Application Process • Obtain FCC Registration Number (FRN) • Register with the System for Award Management (SAM) • Apply at https://www.fcc.gov/emergency-broadband- benefit-program#provider-fcc-approvals • Submit (if not an ETC – process differs with ETC certification):
Slide 18: NTIA Programs
NTIA Programs • Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 • Tribal Broadband Connectivity Grants - $1 billion • Broadband Infrastructure Deployment Grants - $300 million • Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program - $285 million
Slide 19: NTIA Programs
NTIA Programs • Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 • Office of Minority Broadband Initiatives • Focusing on collaboration for internet access and promotion of digital skills and digital inclusion at: (1) Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); (2) Tribal Colleges and Universities
Slide 20: Broadband Infrastructure Deployment Grants
NTIA Programs • Broadband Infrastructure Deployment Grants • Grants for competitively and technologically neutral projects for deployment of 100/20 Mbps fixed broadband service in a census block with at least one household or business without access to 25/3 Mbps. • Who is eligible? • Partnerships be
Slide 21: Broadband Infrastructure Deployment Grants
NTIA Programs • Broadband Infrastructure Deployment Grants • What is a Qualifying Broadband Service? • Download speed ≥ 25 Mpbs • Upload speed ≥ 3 Mbps • Latency sufficient to support real-time, interactive applications • What is an Eligible Service Area? • A census block in which broadband service
Slide 22: Broadband Infrastructure Deployment Grants
NTIA Programs • Broadband Infrastructure Deployment Grants • When is a household Unserved? • Household lacks access to qualifying broadband service; and • No broadband provider has been selected to receive, or is otherwise receiving, Federal or State funding subject to enforceable build out commitme
Slide 23: Broadband Infrastructure Deployment Grants
NTIA Programs • Broadband Infrastructure Deployment Grants • Eligibility – Application must describe • Covered Partnership • Covered Broadband Project to be funded, including • Broadband service speed(s) • Project cost • Proposed Service Area • Other state or federal support provided to the provider
Slide 24: Broadband Infrastructure Deployment Grants
NTIA Programs • Broadband Infrastructure Deployment Grants • Prioritizing Funding – priority will be given, as follows: • Projects designed to serve the largest number of households in an eligible service area; • Projects designed to provide service in an eligible area wholly outside – • A county, c
Slide 25: Broadband Infrastructure Deployment Grants
NTIA Programs • Broadband Infrastructure Deployment Grants • Eligible Use of Grant Funds • Costs of Construction, improvement, or acquisition of facilities and equipment required to provide qualifying broadband service; • Cost of long-term leases (for terms greater than one year) of facilities requi
Slide 26: Broadband Infrastructure Deployment Grants
NTIA Programs • Broadband Infrastructure Deployment Grants • Deadline for Application • August 17, 2021 • Deadline for Expenditure and Extensions • Funds must be expended within 1 year of receipt • Assistant Secretary may grant an extension for broadband construction projects • Must certify: a plan
Slide 27: Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program
NTIA Programs • Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program • Tribal governments for use in broadband deployment on tribal lands • Includes telehealth, distance learning, broadband affordability, and digital inclusion. • Who is eligible? • Tribal governments, Tribal organizations, Tribal Colleges and Univ
Slide 28: Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program
NTIA Programs • Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program • Eligible Lands • Any land located within boundaries of (i) an Indian reservation, pueblo, or rancheria; or (ii) former reservation within Oklahoma • Any land not location within above boundaries, if title is held • In trust by US for benefit of
Slide 29: Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program
NTIA Programs • Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program • Eligible Uses • Broadband infrastructure deployment, including carrier-neutral submarine cable landing stations; • Affordable broadband program • Providing free or reduced-cost broadband service; and • Preventing disconnection of existing broad
Slide 30: Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program
NTIA Programs • Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program • Administrative Expenses - capped • No more than 2% of grant funds may be used for admin expenses • Priority to Unserved Households • For new construction of broadband infrastructure, eligible entities must prioritize projects that deploy to uns
Slide 31: Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program
NTIA Programs • Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program • Equitable Distribution • Funds will be made available on an equitable basis and no more than 3% will be made available for benefit of Native Hawaiians. • Proposal Deadline • 90-day period for submitting proposal after issuance of Notice of Fund
Slide 32: Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program
NTIA Programs • Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program • Grants to eligible recipients in anchor communities for broadband internet access service, eligible equipment, or hiring and training of IT personnel • Who is eligible? • HBCUs and TCUs, MSIs, and minority business enterprises and nonpr
Slide 33: Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program
NTIA Programs • Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program • Eligible Entities • Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) • Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) • Minority-Service Institutions (MSIs) • Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian, Hispanic, Predominantly Black, Asian American a
Slide 34: Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program
NTIA Programs • Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program • Covered Uses • Purchase of broadband internet access service or any eligible equipment, or to hire and train IT personnel: • To facilitate educational instruction and learning, including through remote instruction; or • To operate the m
Slide 35: Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program
NTIA Programs • Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program • Prioritization of Funding – Ass. Sec. must: • Establish method for identifying eligible recipients in anchor communities with greatest unmet financial need. • Ensure grants under Pilot Program are made: • To eligible recipients, as desc
Slide 36: Infrastructure Legislation
Infrastructure Legislation • Broadband infrastructure legislation is very much a work in progress • Biden Administration’s American Jobs Plan (Proposed 3/31/2021): • “Revitalize America’s digital infrastructure: …The President believes we can bring affordable, reliable, high-speed broadband to every
Slide 37: Infrastructure Legislation
Infrastructure Legislation • Similar to the Accessible, Affordable Internet for All Act (H.R. 1783)? • Allocating $80 billion to deploy high-speed broadband infrastructure. • Earmarking $5 billion for low-interest financing of broadband deployment through a new secured loan program. • Establishing a
Slide 38: Infrastructure Legislation
Infrastructure Legislation • Notably, the Accessible, Affordable Internet for All Act (H.R. 1783): • Creates new categories including unserved, low-tier and mid-tier for federal funding on broadband projects. The new definition of “served,” which was previously categorized as areas with access to sp
Slide 39: Infrastructure Legislation
Infrastructure Legislation • Other broadband infrastructure measures include: • Leading Infrastructure for Tomorrow’s America (LIFT) Act, H.R. 1848: • $94 billion for broadband • H.R. 1672, by Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vermont: • $79 billion in funding for broadband projects • “Accelerating Rural Broadban
Slide 40: Infrastructure Legislation
Infrastructure Legislation • Other broadband infrastructure measures include: • Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.V., Roger Wicker, R-Miss., John Barrasso, R- Wy., and Pat Toomey, R-Penn., a new Republican proposal to update America’s infrastructure: • Includes $65 billion of additional spending to bo
Slide 41: Questions?
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