WiMAX Business Planning Tool

The WiMAX Business Planning Tool is an in-depth working Excel spreadsheet-based tool that provides a wide ranging set of variables to be programmed into the spreadsheet including details related to WiMAX parameters as well as VoIP and video delivery concerns. The tool allows the WiMAX entrepreneur to make financial projections many years into the future and will prove to be a valuable tool where investors may be asking the simple question "How much money are we going to make?" Components EBITDA Net present Value Free Cash Flow Operational Expenses Capital Expenses Assumptions for subscription pricing, growth in subscribership, acquisition, churn, ARPU, provisioning, cost of CPE, installation, etc Number of base stations required Subscribers per base station UL channels Subscriber revenues based on prioritization/polling/modulation Services offered Demand Depreciation schedules Key Benefits: Compiles 10-year Profit and Loss Statements for inclusion in Financials section of the grant application template Enables the user to determine EBITDA positive time frames Offers modeling based on the WiMAX platform variables (power, frequency, channel sizes, FDD or TDD, etc) Incorporates VoIP parameters to determine cash flows Enables modeling through the input of endless variables related to subscriber uptake, oversubscription, spectrum use, VoIP compression algorithms, modulation, etc. Audience: Cellular, wireless ISP's, cable TV MSO's, and fixed network service providers WiMAX vendors, start-ups, vendors, investors, and industry analysts 700 MHz auction bidders, spectrum holders, and investors IP backbone service providers and VoIP service providers Telecom regulators and government agencies Enterprise telecom and IT managers Municipal IT and telecom managers

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This tool might make or break any grant application. All BTOP grant applications will require some very detailed financial statements explaining why a project is a good investment of the taxpayer's dollars. This tool should sell for $64,000 as it answers the $64,000 question: "Why would your project not be completed without federal funds within the time frame of the grant period?" The easy answer here is to run the tool for your project showing a conventional approach to financing such a project followed by running the tool to show the financials for the project with federal funds (CAPEX at 80% off thanks to federal funding). Compare the EBITDA positive data. Note that without federal funds the project may not be EBITDA positive until year 10 or 11 (if ever). With federal funding, the project might be EBITDA positive in year 3. In turn, this tool demonstrates the sustainability of the project, another important criteria for evaluating grant applications. This tool could save the applicant hundreds of man-hours when compared to writing a comparable tool in-house.