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Transition to a Digital Economy

2Broadband is the new Highway Data is the new Currency Spectrum is the new Fuel… … and the new Oxygen

Transition to Digital Living

Wireless Connectivity has become a Fundamental Human Needs in digital living.

Radio Spectrum is the Fuel of Wireless Innovation

Spectrum Today: Static, Exclusive, Scarce

Spectrum Futures: Dynamic, Shared, Abundant

The Dawn of Spectrum Abundance

• Connecting the Other 5 Billion – An Inclusive Global Village

• Powering the Next 50 Billion – An Expansive Internet of Things

TVWS

Dynamic

Spectrum

Sharing

SingaporeKenya

Uruguay

Philippines

South Africa

Tanzania

Projects (16)Namibia

Ghana

8 University Campuses

Being Connected185,000 Population Under

Coverage

36,000 K-12 Students

Being Connected

100,000 University

Students Getting MSFT

Devices & Services

68 K-12 Schools Being

Connected

Taiwan

Indonesia

Scotland

Bhutan

India

University of

Marrakech

Botswana

Seattle Center

How school girls from rural India Skyped with the CEO of Microsoft

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“I believe this was the first time she smiled after the

earthquake with her eyes very emotional but dried of all tears.”

Allen Bailochan Tuladhar | Microsoft Nepal

TVWS

EuropeNorth

America

South

America

Africa OceaniaAsia

Closing the Digital Divide – the Affordability Challenge

The proportion of people who would find fixed broadband unaffordable by country

Recommendations from Major International Think-Tanks…and examples from leading economies

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Alleviating the “Spectrum Crunch”

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UN Broadband Commission Policy Recommendationhttp://www.broadbandcommission.org/Documents/reports/bb-annualreport2014.pdf

“…considering fresh approaches tospectrum management, includingDynamic Spectrum Access (DSA).Featured Insight 18 describesthe experience of Singaporein launching its regulatoryframework on TV white space.”

World Economic Forum

WEF Recommendations – Addressing Growth in Wireless Data Traffichttp://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEFUSA_DigitalInfrastructure_Report2015.pdf

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Allow Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA)

WEF Recommendations – Addressing IoT Network Requirementshttp://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEFUSA_DigitalInfrastructure_Report2015.pdf

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“In all markets, greater regulatoryflexibility is needed to try new modelsfor IoT purposes, including dynamicspectrum access approaches suchas repurposing unused analogue TVspectrum, or the authorized shared access approach for specified spectrumbands.”

Dynamic Spectrum Alliance

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