BTOP Grant Application Support Package

Jan. 11, 2010 - PRLog -- Overview:

This 300+ page reference package provides cut-and-paste content that will save the applicant hundreds of man-hours in researching and writing a grant application to support a WiMAX-based project.

The BTOP Grant Application Support Package enables service providers, municipalities and other grant applicants to quickly and accurately write a technology-detailed, application-specific grant application to fund a WiMAX network in their unserved or underserved market.

At the core of the BTOP Grant Application Support Package is the Template for BTOP Grant Application Business Plan, which is an 85 page template for a business plan to support a Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) grant application.

The Template addresses various focus areas and critical issues such as:

Eligibility for a grant (ARRA 2009 6001)
Public Benefits: Access, applications, and affordability for unserved or underserved markets
Core WiMAX Applications: Support for education, healthcare, EBS spectrum, public safety, video surveillance, security, quality of service, job creation, low-income households, flu pandemic, etc.
Leading Edge Applications: "smart grid" applications, utilities, school districts, 1:1 computing, VoIP backhaul, etc.
Financial and Strategy: Cost estimates, financials, expected outcomes, deployment strategy, budgeting, auditing and oversight of the project
Miscellaneous: Public-private partnerships, market specifics, "greening" the application, why the project could not be done in the time frame of the grant period without federal grant funding, VoIP, backhaul, meeting the build out requirements
In addition to the 85 page BTOP Grant Template, the BTOP Grant Application Support Package includes the following:

WiMAX RFP (15 pages PDF)
Softswitch RFP (26 pages PDF)
WiMAX Business Planning Tool (Excel spreadsheet)
WiMAX in Support of Education (84 pages PDF)
WiMAX in Support of Healthcare (51 pages PDF)
WiMAX in Support of Public Safety (24 pages PDF)
WiMAX in Support of Job Creation and Economic Development (78 pages PDF)
Wireless Backhaul as Middle Mile Infrastructure for WiMAX Networks (35 pages PDF)

Key Benefits:

Based on the ARRA 2009
Saves grant writers hundreds of hours in researching the grant program
Saves grant writers hundreds of hours in identifying applications for broadband technologies to be funded by the program
Identifies a number of social goals to be accomplished by the grant program and their relationships to broadband technologies
Identifies applications that will add weight to any application such as 1:1 computing, "greening" the application, telemedicine, "smart grid" applications, etc

Audience:
Anyone seeking a grant for BTOP needing expertise and significant time savings
Anyone developing a WiMAX business plan and/or to plan for WiMAX deployment
The following groups: Public entities (municipalities, school districts, states, counties, etc), non-profits, and private entities (telecommunications service providers, ISPs, WISPs, tower companies, etc)





Table of Contents (BTOP Grant Application Business Plan)

Executive Summary 2
The Company/Partnership/Applicant(s) 6
Unique Attributes of Applicant 8
The Proposal: Problem and Solution 8
Eligibility to Apply for a Grant 11
We Are Eligible Because... 12
Technology Plan: Wireless for Speed and Low Cost of Deployment 14
WiMAX Is The Best Technology Solution for This Market 16
Range and Throughput 17
Quality of Service (QoS) 17
Security 17
Specific Application of WiMAX 17
Overview of the Geographic Market 19
Problem and Solution: Unserved or Underserved? 21
Broadband in Support of Education: Schools As Community Anchor Institutions 23
One-to-One Computing 24
WiMAX in Education: No Child Left Offline 25
Applications for WiMAX in Education 26
Literacy 27
Numeracy 27
Writing 28
Affordability 28
Education Partners on this Application 29
Questions to consider and points to address 30
WiMAX for Municipalities 32
Public Safety: Video Surveillance 32
Applications for a "smart grid" for "smart" public buildings to reduce energy costs 34
Government On The Go 35
Substitute WiMAX for Other Telecommunications Costs 36
Governments Supporting This Application 37
WiMAX and Healthcare 39
Flu Pandemic 40
Video conferencing and training 40
Home health care monitoring 41
Mobile or Remote Healthcare Vans 41
Ambulance services 41
Healthcare Institutions Supporting This Application 43
Questions to consider and points to address 44
WiMAX for Job Creation, Economic Development and Small Business 45
Agriculture 46
Organizations Supporting This Application 47
Questions to consider and points to address 48
VoIP for this Community 49
Content Delivery Network for this Community 50
Data Center to Support Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, Job Creation, Economic Development for our Community 51
Potential Partners For This Application 52
"Greening" the Application: Use of Renewable Energy to Support "Green Grid" Telecommunications to Comply with FCC Mandates for Emergency Backup Power 53
Implementation Strategy 54
Phase I 54
Phase II 55
Phase III 56
Labor and equipment deployed during each phase 59
Oversight/monitoring/maintenance 60
Project Management 60
Budget 62
Basis for the Cost Estimate 62
Spending schedule 62
Auditing 63
Prior government grant awards 63
MEASURABLE OUTCOMES 64
Suggestions: 64
Provision of quality of service equal to or better than what is available in urban areas 64
Suggestions: 65
Suggestions: 65
Specifics for this market include: 66
Education 66
Suggestions: 66
Specifics for this market include: 66
Hospitals/public health 67
Suggestions: 67
Specifics for this market include: 67
Public safety 68
Suggestions: 68
Specifics for this market include: 69
Government services 69
Suggestions: 69
Specifics for this market include: 70
Registration Tips 70
Financials 71
Competitive Landscape: Why Grant Funding is Needed for this Project 72
Summary 75
About the Author 77

Additional Material Provided (Appendices-Separate Tools/Documents):

WiMAX Business Planning Tool (Excel spreadsheet)
WiMAX in Education (84 pages PDF)
WiMAX in Healthcare (51 pages PDF)
WiMAX in Public Safety (24 pages PDF)
WiMAX for Job Creation and Economic Development (78 pages PDF)
WiMAX for Middle Mile Infrastructure (35 pages PDF)
WiMAX Request for Proposal (15 pages PDF)
Softswitch Request for Proposal (26 pages PDF)

Important Note: The Appendices include additional documents that, together with the Template for BTOP Grant Application Business Plan comprise over 300 pages of highly valuable information.

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