Broadband as an Innovation Driver

Job Creation Focus — Forward Together 18,000+ new jobs More than $2.7 billion in private sector investment announced since 2012.

 Many reasons businesses Choose Mississippi  Access to quality infrastructure always a critical consideration  Increasingly includes technology infrastructure

Broadband as an Economic Driver  $250 billion in private investment into broadband networks in the past 5 years  Internet access reported to have contributed $34 billion per year on average to US GDP since 2002

Broadband as an Economic Driver  940 million broadband subscribers forecast by 2018  Access to broadband is correlated to increased education achievement, which drives personal economic growth

Broadband as an Education Driver  All MS Community Colleges, research universities have access to fiber broadband  97% of all MS K-12 schools have fiber-based broadband. Federal E-rate program aids in buildout

Broadband as a Healthcare Driver  One of seven states to receive “A” rating from American Telemedicine Association  200 diabetes patients in rural Mississippi Delta  UMMC, North Sunflower Medical Center, GE Healthcare and C Spire

Broadband as a Healthcare Driver  Recently broke ground on new facility for UMMC Center for Telehealth  E-Corporate Telehealth as a delivery model for businesses  9 companies including PACCAR

Broadband as an Innovation Driver  Stennis Space Center is a center of innovation  One of the world’s largest supercomputers  Yesterday, CenturyLink and LGS Innovations announced a major fiber- optic network upgrade at Stennis

Growing Mississippi’s Broadband Infrastructure  Lead the effort in 2013 to renew broadband tax credits (Senate Bill 2829)  5%-15% tax credit for deployment of broadband technologies

Growing Broadband: Gulf Coast Focus

 Proposing $15 million from RESTORE Bucket 1  Recommended in GoCoast 2020 report  Will lay the foundation for private broadband investment on Gulf Coast

Broadband as an Innovation Driver