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smartBridges Intelligent Wireless Broadband Solution

11th Oct 2007 ver 1.0

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About smartBridges


smartBridges Solution for CSPs


Markets Served by smartBridges

• Broadband Services– Residential– Commercial (Wireless Access Zones)

• Communication– Leased T1/E1 Alternative– VSAT Operators

• Government– Citizen Services (kiosks for access)– Defense– Public Safety, Video Surveillance,

Homeland security– Muni Broadband (city-wide deployment)– Voice telephony in rural areas

• Utilities– Electric– Oil & Gas– Mining

• Education– E-Learning– Campus Connectivity

• Transportation– Seaports & Marinas – Railways – Roadways (toll road surveillance)

• And more …


Key Customers - Service Providers and Enterprises

Over 3000 customers in 80 countries…and growing


Customer TestimonialsReliability and Scalability are key differentiators

• "smartBridges Nexus access points together with DataRadio gave us the assurance that we have a system we can depend on for our mission-critical communications."

- Ronald Bonneau, Director, 911 Dispatch Center, Illinois, USA

• “We are getting 99.997% up time with our wireless broadband network using only smartBridges' products. This is better than wire lines and much better than the competition. We built our business using smartBridges and we have not been disappointed. Currently, we are serving over 350 square miles, 2,200 customers on 400 nodes in our community with affordable broadband Internet access."

- Eric Shippam, CEO, Communications Advantage, USA

• “For this project, JalaWave considered smartBridges to be the best option from both a technical and financial point of view. The Nexus backhaul is able to span the long distances and support the bandwidth and QoS we need to run VoIP and video applications.”

- Waskito, Project Manager, JalaWave, Indonesia

• Few hundred more …


smartBridges Overview

• Profitable privately held company, headquartered in Singapore with offices in USA, Europe, Russia, India, South America and Africa

• World’s leading, standards based, rugged outdoor wireless broadband equipment manufacturer

• Well established brand name. Customers are Communication ServiceProviders (CSP) with deployments in over 80 countries

• Complete portfolio of field proven wireless products enable a wide range of applications. More than 100K installed devices

• Products are sold through VARs and Direct

• Company Core Competency - R&D and Sales/Marketing. Outsourced supply chain for rapid scalability

• Recipient of many government grants. Awarded the “Pioneer Status”by Economic Development Board (tax holidays and other incentives)


Wireless Application Possibilities

Internet Access & VoIP Services

Education & E-Governance Services

VSAT Horizontal Connectivity

Video Surveillance


Products and Solutions


Intelligent Wireless Broadband PlatformComprehensive End-to-End Solution

Access Points Client DevicesBackhauls

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airPoint Nexus [sB3210] airPoint Nexus TOTAL 241 [sB3215V]airPoint Nexus TOTAL 551[sB3216V]

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Comprehensive product details available at: www.smartbridges.com/products/


Intelligent Wireless Broadband Platform

• COFDM radio with high transmit radio power and ultra high receive sensitivity for LongRange coverage

• Remote Web and SNMP based management

• Low latency and low jitter for Multimedia traffic• Quality of Service (QoS) levels• Robust data security with 128 bit AES• VLAN segmentation• Multi-band radio with integrated multi-band antenna for Interference mitigation

• Simultaneous coverage of two sectors • Repeater and cell extender modes of operation• Link aggregation

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Wireless Backhaul: airHaul Nexus Series


Base Station: airPoint Nexus Series

Built-in 60deg Sector Antenna for Ease of Deployment.

On-board Bandwidth Management for Traffic Provisioning/Management at Network’s edge


Client Premise Equipment : airClient Series

Bridge Mode

Router Mode

NAT Mode

Full VLAN Support

QoS for Traffic Prioritization

Robust Data Security with 128 bit AES


Worldwide Customer Success Storiesunwiring our world …


Unwiring Lagos, Nigeria

• Long distance backbone network connecting various towns in Lagos District, with base stations at each town for large area access coverage to Payless Broadband’s customers (Fast Food Outlets, and Residential households).

• Internet access, VPN and VoIP services are being supplied in the network.


Unwiring Rainforests in IndonesiaRemote Camps Connected by Long Backhaul Links

• VoIP, videoconferencing and data applications for 1000s of camp workers

• 29 backhaul links spanning up to 55 Km

• High reliability network with minimum down time


Unwiring 2010 World Cup Venue – South Africa

Nine co-located radios at one site with external directional antennas

• Jan Van Wyk, Managing Director, SCAN RF says “We are very pleased with smartBridges radios. We have tried the competitive radios but they did not perform well. smartBridges radios are easy to configure and once installed, they require little or no attention”.


Unwiring Lagos, Nigeria - VSAT connectivity for Banks

• Bank and commercial enterprises connected to NOC using smartBrigdes airHaul Nexus

• Eliminates the need for multiple VSAT terminals

• Strong encryption for data security –128 bit AES

• “ By combining Wi-Fi and satellite technologies, we are now able to leverage our satellite network more fully and offer cost-effective solutions to our customer " - Albert Ayodeji Adanlawo, Project Engineer, DCC


Unwiring Iraq - VSAT Operator Extends Reach

• VSAT operator extends services to connect a whole city in Northern Iraq

• Enabling VoIP in areas with poor telephone voice quality

• Bandwidth Management to provide different services to Internet Cafes, businesses and residents


Unwiring Mt. Everest - World’s Highest Cybercafé

• Internet access & VoIP phone service at the highest mountaineering station in the world

• Harsh weather conditions


Unwiring The Gambia - Commercial ISP

• 50 km connectivity radius around Banjul

• Provides Internet access/VoIP to residents. NGOs, business enterprises and hotels

• Planned network extension to cover 150 km radius

• “ We chose the airPoint2 Nexus PRO from smartBridges because in one box we get a radio that can work in point-to-point as a repeater as well as in point-to-multipoint” - Simon Abraham, CEO, Netpage


Unwiring the Heart of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Pretoria, South Africa

• HATTAN installs smartBridges radios on the 2nd highest building in Riyadh to provide high speed Internet service.

• Sa’aid Ihsan Abu Yaseen, Project Manager for HATTAN, said, “… I decided on smartBridges not only because it had the ruggedness to withstand the tough environmental conditions in Saudi Arabia but also because it had the right features to enable VPN and VoIP services."


Unwiring the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt


• The government exchange center (which has a cable Internet connection) is located 43.5 miles (70 km) away.

• The Nexus radios were used to extend Internet connection from the exchange to the cement plant.

• The network is designed to support broadband Internet and VoIP lines to the factories.


Unwiring Enterprise Branches, Azerbaijan


• Point-to-multipoint network allows HQ-to-branch communications

• IP video cameras allow surveillance of branch premises from HQ

• Dual radio backhaul for maximum throughput


Unwiring Zomba, Malawi - Multi-stakeholder involvementConnecting Educational Institutions & Govt. Offices

• “smartBridges access points have the advantage of being discreet unobtrusive units, which cause minimal interference with the site décor” - Chomora Mikeka , Asst. Professor, University of Malawi

• Internet & Data connectivity for University of Malawi and GovtOffices in Zomba Municipality, a popular tourist destination

• Wi-Fi solution chosen over 3.1Ghz licensed band for lower cost

• Coverage area extends up to 34 Km


Unwiring Villages in India E-Learning & e-Governance for Rural Schools

Village School 3Village School 2

Village School 1Bhimavaram (AP State)

New Delhi

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• Rural broadband enables teleconferencing in village schools for e-Learning & adult education

• e-Government support in agriculture & health


Unwiring Bhimavaram District, India

• It is part of the Ashwini project to provide e-Education, telemedicine, e-Agriculture and e-Employment solutions and services to 32 rural villages.

• The project has transformed the lives of the rural underprivileged, improving their healthcare, literacy rates, sanitation and their livelihoods.


Unwiring West Bengal, India

• About 5,000 Common Service Centers to be deployed in 14 of the 18 districts in West Bengal (4th largest state in India, 80mil population, 89k sq km)

• Each 4 sector Wi-Fi base station has about 16km radius coverage


Unwiring Pretoria, South AfricaExtending Broadband Access to Remote Schools

• 6 colleges linked together for Intranet and Internet access.

• “With the smartBridges solution, we provide 200 times more bandwidth for the cost of one year’s leasing of infrastructure.” - Attie Pienaar, CEO, Takalane Digital


Unwiring Remote Provinces, IranRural e-Government ICT project

Pretoria, South Africa • Rural ICT network for telemedicine, education & e-Government services

• 3 villages now enabled for broadband access with plans to connect 30 more


Unwiring Aceh, IndonesiaRapid wireless network for tsunami relief workers


• Wireless connectivity for tsunami-hit Aceh

• Relief agencies and refugee camps provided with wireless Internet access through Internet cafes & Hotspots

• Sole means of communication for early days


Providing Voice in BhutanWireless voice telephony and Internet


• Namgay Wangchuk, from Bhutan Ministry of Information and Communication said, “The network, using VSAT Internet backbone, VoIP phones and smartBridges radios, has improved communication between villagers.”

• Ronrig Mututsang, CEO of Samden Tech (the Service Provider) remarked, “Within a few months of deployment and testing, we are able to provide the whole community with telephone and Internet connectivity. We are very happy with the performance of the smartBridges access points and client devices.”


Unwiring Emergency Networks, USAMobile Network for Police & Fire Depts.


• Integration into dispatch center mobile network

• Emergency first responders can retrieve critical information from laptops in their vehicles

• Seamless roaming with DHCP capability


Oil Rig to Supply Vessel ConnectivityMoving link between oil rig & supply vessel over open sea

• PTT Exploration and Production Company Limited (PTTEP) (Largest oil producer in Thailand) wanted to improve the voice and data connectivity between their oil rigs and supply vessels.

• The current walkie-talkie system was unreliable and the vessels do not have Internet / data connectivity.

• smartBridges high performance COFDM radios met PTTEP’s requirements.



Unwiring Australian FarmsFarm Area Network for Remote Operation & Telemetry

• Wireless network for Australian Rice Research Institute to operate farm equipment & relay research data collected by telemetry units

• Russell Ford, Managing Director of RRAPL, said, “…Management, monitoring and control of irrigation systems which is part of this system will improve the overall water use efficiency of rice growing.”


Lignite Mine Connectivity, India• Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) (Customer) is the largest lignite mining and

power generating company in India. NLC is a public sector company, owned and operated by the Government of India.

• Using smartBridges Nexus wireless radios, point-to-multipoint connectivity was provided to all of NLC’s 26 engineering department offices situated throughout the mine site in 54 Sq. Km


smartBridges Value Proposition


• Best-in-class, high performance, award winning, field proven, complete range of Wireless Broadband solution

• High quality and reliability under extreme weather conditions

• Excellent Price-to-Performance Ratio

• Responsive Technical Support (pre and post sales) with extensive experience

• Large global footprint with experienced Systems Integrators and complementary product partners to provide full Turnkey project implementation service

smartBridges Value Proposition



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