Overview:

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