BubbleCloud ~ For Private LTE and Local 5G ~

Gianluca Verin

Chief Technology Officer

• We free networks from the cost, complexity and vendor dependency of legacy approaches

• “Click-to-deploy” millions of networks in every home, building, office, factory, smart city, island, village or hamlet

• Provide indoor coverage to the 80% of places where Private LTE and 5G will primarily be used

• Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Italy• 15 years of leadership in software-based and cloudified networks• World’s first production deployment of a fully virtualised core

network for a mobile operator in 2010 – HUTCHISON 3G

THE SOFTWARE IS THE NETWORK

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We Bring FREEDOM to Wireless Networks

Digitalization is driving a paradigm shift …

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VIRTUAL & ENHANCED REALITY CONNECTED & AUTONOMOUS CARS

SMART CITIES & SMART GRIDSBRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE

NARROWBAND - IOT

INDUSTRIAL INTERNET INTERNET OF THINGS

CONNECTED HEALTH & EDUCATIONGOVERNMENT & PUBLIC SAFETYOTHER DEMANDING VERTICALS

Needs millions of localised LTE and 5G networks instead of a handful of monolithic national ones

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…but held back by complexity of legacy networks

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COMPLEXITY

LACK OF AGILITY

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NO DISTRIBUTED SCALABILITY

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FREEDOMIT-FRIENDLY WIRELESS NETWORKS

MADE SECURE & EASY TO CONTROL

FLEXIBLEFUTURE-PROOFCOST-EFFECTIVE

ADAPTS TO YOUR NEEDS

ENABLE PRIVATE LTE/5GPUBLIC SAFETY &

DEFENSEOPERATORS

Athonet unleashes the new paradigm

World’s First LTE Commercial Smartgrid / One of the world’s largest IoT deployments for Enel (2011)

World’s First LTE commercial deployment for public safety –Italian Earthquake (2012)

Early LTE rural networks in USA (2014) and early CBRS trials (2017)

First underground mining LTE network in Americas at Americas’ deepest mine (2018)

World’s first commercial LTE MVNO for public safety –Government of Finland 2015

BT Pre-5G Demos, Vodafone 5G Mobility Lab, Italy 5G Trials (2017-18)

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Over 100 connectivity platform deployments world-wide

WINNER 2018

NEW WIN

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Control

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LTE

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Network Edge Secure on-site connectivity

Local traffic stays local

Delivers responsive low latency service

Reduces backhaul usage

Click-to-upgrade to 5G

Fully in-house solution gives maximum flexibility

IoT

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Public/Private/Telco Cloud

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IOT AppConnect – Deliver “Control”, Not “Bits”ST

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IT Layer

LTE Layer

X.509TLS/SSLMQPTT

X.509 TLS/SSL MQTT

LTEIT EPCX.509 TLS/SSL MQTT

SIM CARD

SIM CARD

IT layer runs over LTE layer and duplicates functionality – no integration between IT andLTE domains - LTE just delivers “bits”

EPC communicates directly with IoT platform and manages connectivity to the IT domain – unites IT and LTE layers – LTE delivers “CONTROL”

IT layer needs remote certificates, encryption, authentication at IoT device level

Raises cost and complexity asoften cannot be supported by simple devices – need additional platform spending

Complex to manage, rotate and revoke certificates for millions of remote devices

Superior LTE protocols manage device level security and authentication

EPC provides simple centralised certificate management for millions of devices

Move from “dumb pipe” to “smart connectivity”

Legacy Approach

Athonet - IoT AppConnect

Pathway to 5G

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15 years of 5G-orientated architecture

10 years of cloudification experience

15 years of fully in-house developed software stack

5G is NOT a change in our approach – just a software update

FIRST 5G STAND-ALONE NEW CORE ON PUBLIC CLOUDPresented at MWC 2019

THE NEXT GENERATION SOLUTIONMillions of distributed networks connected by the cloud

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BubbleCloud

Public or Private Cloud

Global IoT

Platforms

Athonet’s IoT AppConnect

manages secure SIM-based

connectivity between IoT

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Only signalling to the cloud

Local traffic stays local

Local Edge Compute & ApplicationsLow latency, high reliability

Local Visibility and Control

Webscaling on public/private cloud

Edge Node

Edge Node

Edge Node

Edge Node

Edge Node

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Industry Recognition – MWC 2019

Record 4 GLOMO Awards for single product

• CTO’S CHOICE – Outstanding Mobile Technology

• Best Innovation for Enterprise• Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough• Best Network Software Breakthrough

“[Athonet] BubbleCloud just won a record four GLOMO awards, that’s particularly impressive because it was only nominated in three categories. The fourth was a special CTO’s Choice award. That’s as many as [names of legacy vendors removed] combined“ - Dave Burnstein in Edge Reporter

Secure LTE & 5G as simple as WiFi !Watch the demo video here:

https://static.athonet.cloud/saas/CBRS.mp4STR

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Please see the demonstration here!!