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© Federated Wireless, Inc. Confidential and Proprietary, All Rights Reserved 2017 Iyad Tarazi, CEO Federated Wireless Jill Smith, CEO Allied Minds 14 September 2017 unlocking a spectrum of possibilities Federated Wireless $42 million Series B

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© Federated Wireless, Inc. Confidential and Proprietary, All Rights Reserved 2017

Iyad Tarazi, CEO Federated WirelessJill Smith, CEO Allied Minds

14 September 2017

unlocking a spectrum of possibilities

Federated Wireless $42 million Series B

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Deal terms and syndicateDeal terms Syndicate

• Proceeds: $42m• o/w new investors: $27m• Use of proceeds: sales &

marketing, continued R&D; and infrastructure investment

• Valuation (pre): $79.5m• Valuation (post): $121.5m• Deal materially over-subscribed

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• Powerful validation of Federated Wireless by wireless industry leaders– Industry commitment to shared spectrum– FW’s position as the industry leader– FW’s spectrum sharing technology and product readiness

• Creates multiple options to accelerate, expand and de-risk path to commercialization– Investors are leaders in substantial markets – Field trials and commercial engagement underway with each

Allied Minds’ perspectives

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• Access to 150MHz of high quality spectrum (3.55-3.7 GHZ) aka Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS)

• Open standards ecosystem • 50-80% savings in cost of deployment

vs. DAS• Plug and play deployment enabling new

entrants and new applications

Shared spectrum value driversAccelerating adoption for shared spectrum

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Use cases and market drivers

• Incumbent band users

• Rural Broadband

MNO (eg Verizon)

• Network densification in populated areas

• Capacity expansion

MSO (eg Charter)

• Wireless MVNO offload

• Smart home

Neutral Host / MSP (eg AT)

• Cost-effective DAS alternative

• Venues, MDUs, Dorms Hotels

Enterprise (eg Siemens)

• Private LTE Networks

• Industrial IoT

BWA* (eg Telrad)

*Broadband Wireless Access Provider = new term for WiSP

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Impact of strategic investors Description M.V.(1) Rationale

#2 US cable company

Leader of end-to-end Enterprise and Residential Wi-Fi System Solutions

Largest US owner / operator of wireless / broadcast infrastructure RE

$59bn

$5bn

$99bn ü3.5G underpins wireless strategy ü16.6m cable customers who could benefit from spectrum sharingüScale: benefits all segments

ü140k global assets: towers, fiber, venue access and DAS systemsüHigh leverage channel to marketüProduct: enterprise solutions

üHigh leverage channel to market via millions of integrated broadband systemsüProduct: consumer + enterprise integrated solutions enablement

(1) As at close 8 Sept 2017

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• Industry’s first Spectrum Controller • First large-scale field trials with Charter, ARRIS, American Tower

and Verizon• Large technology partner ecosystem pre-integrated into our

platform• Ahead of FCC certification anticipated in 1Q 2018

Launch of Spectrum ControllerMaking shared spectrum a realityBacked by significant participation from the wireless Industry

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The Spectrum ControllerIndustry’s first controller for shared spectrum management

Incumbent protection to

enable shared

spectrum

SAS

Nationwide coverage by

enabling protection

zones

ESC

Open supplier

ecosystem

Automated spectrum

managementtools

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Field trialsAnnounced and underway in Q4 2017

• Exercise technology and operations

• New wireless strategy• First ESC deployments• Large-scale access deployment• Indoors and outdoors

• Wireless infrastructure solutions for enterprises and venues

• Flexible and unified end-to-end ecosystem

• New in-building solutions: CBRS, neutral host, private LTE

• First end-end carrier grade CBRS trial• Network densification: advanced LTE • Adds CBRS to unlicensed LTE portfolio

and small cells• Field trials to begin in the fall• Key to ecosystem roll-out: devices;

chipsets

• Enterprise and Residential Wi-Fi System Solutions

• Wireless and wired backhaul• Smart City Wireless Infrastructure• 17 active or completed CBRS trials• ARRIS to acquire Ruckus in October 2017

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• Complete Series B fund-raise ü

• Launch spectrum access commercial product ü

• Receive formal SAS and ESC FCC certification (now Q1 2018 )

Next steps for Federated Wireless

• Field trials started in Q4 and going into 2018

• Roll out ESC infrastructure • Customer commercial

launches (3 – 5 in 2018)• First commercial revenue

Allied Minds MBOs Upcoming milestones

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• Recurring payments that grow with installed base• High gross margin software-based service• Highly leveraged through partnerships, reducing operating costs • As volumes grow, exponential scale is feasible (runs on AWS)• Immediate opportunities for product expansion into high margin

services in analytics, security, IoT, AR, VR and Machine Learning• Potential for incremental spectrum bands and international

expansion

Economic modelHigh margin recurring SaaS model with exponential growth potential

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• Fund-raise and product launch / field trials provide:– Powerful validation – Clear signal of adoption by the wireless industry of CBRS

and spectrum sharing• Cements Federated Wireless’ position as the leader• Strong first mover and competitive advantages, including

through proprietary ESC network• Creates multiple options to accelerate/de-risk path to

commercialization, across multiple substantial markets

Summary conclusions

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