Technology and System Assumptions: network technology and standards, technology evolution plan, network/population coverage and capacity planning, rollout schedule
Company Cost Structure: network, headcount, outsourcing, facilities, business support systems
Financial Modeling: develop primary deployment options and associated financials, define partner options if exist, run options and sensitivities
Financial Plans: multi-year income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement, KPIs, ROI analysis, valuation, financing requirements and sources (debt, equity, vendor financing)
Comprehensive written Business Plan
Greenfield Company Startup Planning
Organizational Planning: Definition of newco business, required functions, departments, organizational structure, head count
Deployment Plan: Master schedules for company phases, structure, departments, and employee/outsourcing ramp-up
Company and Departmental Budgeting
Facilities Plan
Written Company Start-up Plan: Blueprint for newco start-up
Network Planning, Engineering, and Procurement
Technology Assessment
Network Architecture Planning: RAN and core dimensioning and placement, performance, coverage, and capacity planning, service planning
Radio Frequency Engineering: Selection of planning tools and geo databases, optimization, coverage planning, capacity planning, site and deployment engineering
Core and Transmission Engineering: Core network specification and design, national, regional, and metro transmission design, backhaul engineering, interconnection/roaming planning and network performance and management
Request for Information (RFI): Develop and release to the supplier/manufacturer community specific RFIs. Responses will form the basis of what products/capabilities/roadmaps and schedules are available to the sector
Formulate Request For Proposal Strategy: Define critical requirements (performance, price, services, reliability, network sharing, spectrum sharing, security), RFP process, price competition, and multiplicity of suppliers (network access, network core, service platform)
Request for Proposal (RFP): Develop RFP materials . Release to the supplier community
Lead/support the RFP process: evaluation of responses, communications with suppliers, response evaluation/scoring, contractual negotiations, production/support of final contracts
Network Construction & Deployment
Network Deployment Planning: Site acquisition, construction and installation, commissioning and integration
Network Deployment Outsourcing Planning: Ecosystem identification and assessment
Network Deployment RFI/RFP Management and Contractual Development
