BTOP Grant Application Support Package

BTOP Grant Application Support Package published by Mind Commerce Publishing LLC in June, 2009. This report consists of 300 pages and the price starts from US $ 1995.

Introduction

Abstract

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 address various focus areas and critcial 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 computin, 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

Target 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

• Executive Summary
• The Company/Partnership/Applicant(s)
• Unique Attributes of Applicant
• The Proposal: Problem and Solution
• Eligibility to Apply for a Grant
• We Are Eligible Because......
• Technology Plan: Wireless for Speed and Low Cost of Deployment
• WiMAX Is The Best Technology Solution for This Market
• Range and Throughput
• Quality of Service (QoS)
• Security
• Specific Application of WiMAX
• Overview of the Geographic Market
• Problem and Solution: Unserved or Underserved?
• Broadband in Support of Education: Schools As Community Anchor Institutions
• One-to-One Computing
• WiMAX in Education: No Child Left Offline
• Applications for WiMAX in Education
• Literacy
• Numeracy
• Writing
• Affordability
• Education Partners on this Application
• Questions to consider and points to address
• WiMAX for Municipalities
• Public Safety: Video Surveillance
• Applications for a "smart grid" for "smart" public buildings to reduce energy costs
• Government On The Go
• Substitute WiMAX for Other Telecommunications Costs
• Governments Supporting This Application
• WiMAX and Healthcare
• Flu Pandemic
• Video conferencing and training
• Home health care monitoring
• Mobile or Remote Healthcare Vans
• Ambulance services
• Healthcare Institutions Supporting This Application
• Questions to consider and points to address
• WiMAX for Job Creation, Economic Development and Small Business
• Agriculture
• Organizations Supporting This Application
• Questions to consider and points to address
• VoIP for this Community
• Content Delivery Network for this Community
• Data Center to Support Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, Job Creation, Economic Development for our Community
• Potential Partners For This Application
• "Greening" the Application: Use of Renewable Energy to Support "Green Grid" Telecommunications to Comply with FCC Mandates for Emergency Backup Power
• Implementation Strategy
• Phase I
• Phase II
• Phase III
• Labor and equipment deployed during each phase
• Oversight/monitoring/maintenance
• Project Management
• Budget
• Basis for the Cost Estimate
• Spending schedule
• Auditing
• Prior government grant awards
• MEASURABLE OUTCOMES
• Suggestions:
• Provision of quality of service equal to or better than what is available in urban areas
• Suggestions:
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• Specifics for this market include:
• Education
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• Specifics for this market include:
• Hospitals/public health
• Suggestions:
• Specifics for this market include:
• Public safety
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• Specifics for this market include:
• Government services
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• Registration Tips
• Financials
• Competitive Landscape: Why Grant Funding is Needed for this Project
• Summary
• About the Author

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