ARRIS is again first in the future.

The world is watching what happens to the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum in the United States - and the Ruckus Networks team at ARRIS is leading the change.

The US government is exploring new uses for a large, under-utilised portion of the country's communications spectrum, and there have been several proof-of-concept trials of a new network approach using LTE wireless technology in the CBRS spectrum. The results were more than encouraging. So encouraging, in fact, that a whole new class of high-performance networks - using our Ruckus Networks LTE portfolio (under the brand name OpenG™) and Wi-Fi access points - could emerge before the end of the year.

The new approach is tailored to situations where spectrum is limited but demand for data is not. By using shared CBRS spectrum, the networks will cost a fraction of both the capital and operating costs of other next-generation wireless networks under development. Indeed, telecom operators are among those conducting proof-of-concept trials to explore how OpenG can cost-effectively extend their current networks, especially in the tricky case where network coverage, capacity and quality are under construction.The new network approach also opens the door to non-traditional service providers. And here, interest is already high. More than 20 proof-of-concept trials with Ruckus equipment have been successfully completed. And more than 30 are in the pipeline. Applications include enhanced cellular communications in buildings, mobile point of sale, industrial IoT, public space networks, remote data transmission of critical communications, wide area surveillance and private LTE networks. The market potential is very promising.The new approach scales from in-building to distributed campuses (think sports stadiums, apartment complexes and hotel resorts) to smart cities. We have completed trials large and small, from as few as 3 access points to nearly 100, and use cases that include enterprise and industrial companies, cable and mobile operators, and managed service providers.

The approach is also showing promise as a backbone for industrial-grade IoT networks - and that's important as more than 20 billion items are expected to be connected to the internet worldwide by 2020. I mentioned that we are leading this transformation. As a founding member, we have helped lead the industry consortium coordinating the deployment of these networks (the CBRS Alliance) from the beginning. And today we are announcing two important points of progress:

ARRIS' Ruckus Networks is the first technology provider to receive FCC certification for CBRS.

Ruckus equipment will be the focus of an important new trial near the University of Illinois with Pavlov Media, one of the largest private providers of broadband services to multifamily property owners in the country.

This success is a testament to more than two years of development within Ruckus Networks and now ARRIS.

Congratulations to all.