HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY RING

1. HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY RING BUILDING SMARTER CONNECTIONS ACROSS THE WORLD March 2019

2. 2 REGION-DRIVENCITIZEN-CENTRIC • To connect our region and expand access, the five cities have invested in an initiative to implement an open access, dark fiber Regional Connectivity Ring (RCR). • The RCR will accelerate the growth of digitally-empowered communities. • Our projects are based in the • five Southside cities: • The investment will continue to include other Hampton Roads municipalities, as an ongoing initiative to connect to Richmond and Northern Virginia.

3. 3 REGION-DRIVENCITIZEN-CENTRIC • 75+Federal Facilities • and • Defense Installations

4. ONE REGION,ONE APPROACH • HRPDC’sCore Focuses: • Emergency Management • Environmental Education • Housing and Human Services • Regional Planning • Economic Benchmarking • Water Resources • Smart City Integration • The Hampton Roads Planning District Commission (HRPDC) is the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the region. • TheHRPDCis a voluntary regional organization representing the 17 local governments of the Hampton Roads metro area.  • One of 21 planning district commissions in Virginia • Created pursuant to Virginia’s Regional Cooperation Act to encourage and facilitate local government and state-local cooperation • Governed by a 47 member board made up of elected and appointed leaders from the region’s 17 local governments

5. 5 Smart City Organization for Regional Enhancement (SCORE) • Smart City Governance • HRPDC establisheda Steering Committee, representing the region’s 17 localities. • SCOREwas introduced and presented as a replicable framework to evaluate, manage, track, prepare for smart city/region initiatives, and report to the Steering Committee. • A unified approach to: • Evaluating best practices • Managing smart city initiatives • Tracking longitudinal progress • Preparing for smart region initiatives starting with the five cities

6. 6 PEOPLE FIRST, TECHNOLOGY SECOND OUR MISSION • To promote economic vitality, enhance quality of life, and strengthen resiliency for the benefit of all citizens and stakeholders by applying innovative technologies for more efficient networks and services. OUR VISION • Connects us more efficiently • Creates industries • Inspires higher learning • Raises our resiliency • Improves quality of life for all communities

7. 7 SCORE MISSION AND VISION SCORE Priorities: • Public Safety • Citizens/Communities/Culture • Economic Development • Mobility/Transportation • Smart Infrastructure • Environment & Sustainability • Education

8. GLOBAL CONNECTIONS 8 • MAREA: faster, stronger, more resilient • Speed: 200 TBps(16 million times faster than average home internet) • Length: 4,000 miles long • Diversifies connectivity through the Atlantic • BRUSA: the highest capacity subsea cable connecting the Americas • Speed: 140 TBps • Length: 6,500 miles long • The cables will have a route-diverse backhaul that connects to Ashburn, VA, which houses the most dense concentration of data centers in the world.

9. REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY RING OVERVIEW • The Regional Connectivity Ring is a 103.11 mile dark fiber, open access ring, which will serve as the foundation for smart region development and digitally-empowered communities. • Each city will house aNetwork Operations Center (NOC) to manage their portion of the ring.

10. REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY RING 10 LAYING THE GROUNDWORK • Overview: • Leverages the transatlantic fiber capabilities to bring unprecedented broadband speeds to the region • Serves as a foundation for Smart City and IoT development in each connected city • Connects regional critical infrastructure, including higher education facilities, to a network that provides top-of-the-line cybersecurity • Uses cutting-edge analytics to constantly learn and iterate local projects, as well as creates overall efficiency through multi-project last-mile analytics • Gives easier access to high-speed broadband for underserved/unserved areas, spurring economic development at all levels

11. REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY RING 11 HIGHER EDUCATION Provides connection to 18 higher education facilities in the region, as well as tie-ins that goes to NASA-Langleyaffiliate, Jefferson Labs and beyond. Regional Enrollment: 130,973 (34% of state enrollment) Regional Research Spending: $200,000,000+

13. Regional Benefits – Key Focuses Cybersecurity Open Data Policies and Analytics

14. Regional Benefits – Cybersecurity • Society is hyper-connected, making digital data and network infrastructure most at-risk assets • Cyber risk exposure has reached the trillion-dollar mark • World-class cybersecurity will prove huge economic advantage

15. Regional Benefits – Cybersecurity • Regional Ring seeks has to meet NSA/Military requirements • Foundation for digital city goals Secure digital infrastructure is the basis for creating a thriving, resilient region

16. Regional Benefits – Open Data Policies and Analytics Open Data Policy The policy is to establish a procedure for systematically identifying, inventorying, and publishing datasets that can be used to: • Increase accountability and responsiveness • Improve public knowledge of region’s activities and operations • Further the mission of the region • Allow for economic opportunity • Respond to a need or demand identified by the public • Foster civic engagement Hampton Roads Planning District Commission’s open data program will serve as regional standard.

17. Regional Benefits – Open Data Policies and Analytics Analytics Utilizing middle and last-mile analytics platforms, strategies will be developed that cater specifically to the Hampton Roads Region to accelerate all smart applications, including: • Public Safety • Transportation • Parking • Mobility • Sustainability and Resiliency Integration across these applications is where the true power of data analytics lies.

18. U.S Team Telecom Who are they and what do they do? How does this affect our region? Increase in cables landing in the region will demonstrate a higher presence of U.S Team Telecom and their oversight. • Collection of Representatives from the US DHS, US Dept. of Justice, and the U.S Dept. of Defense • Assigned to review foreign investments in the US communications assets. • Oversees functions of risk assessment, mitigation ad oversight regarding International Fiber Optic Cables • Ensures NSA compliance • audit and oversight, site visits and the ability to demand documents. • Substantively constrain business decisions and the location of assets.

19. Digital City Transformation • What is a digital city? • Tech-focused development • Educational variety • Socio-awareness • Future-facing health services • Physical and cyber security • Energy conscious • Encourages Entrepreneurialism Regional connectivity as a result of the Transatlantic Fibers is the foundation for digital city transformation

20. Digital City Transformation • Capabilities regional connection will bring to each city • Connectivity-Enhanced Digital City Solutions • Connected Corridor • StormSense/Sea level rise monitoring • Entertainment Corridor • Smart Trails • Public Housing Connectivity • Smart Manufacturing and Industry • Smart Utility monitoring • Ease of last-mile tie-in provides access to many services

22. Digital City Transformation • Requires collaboration between: • Government • Businesses and vendors • Open data standards and policies • Non-profit and educational ventures • Every type of citizen

23. Digital City Transformation • The role of the government: • Level the playing field • Transparency and relevant open data • Entrepreneurial support • Job Growth • Public Safety • Municipal infrastructure and connectivity Closing the Digital Divide empowers citizens and creates economic opportunities

24. LETTER OF SUPPORT – CONGRESSMAN BOBBY SCOTT

25. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS?

26. Thank you! • Jeff Beekhoo • President and Subject Matter Expert • Broadband Telecom Services, LLC • Email: jeffb@broadband-telecom.com • Phone: (754)-581-1574