 This is JSA TV, the newsroom for tech and telecom professionals. I'm Dean Perine and welcome to JSA TV. With us today, we have Misty Stein. Misty is the vice president of business development for EX Squared Technology. Misty, welcome to JSA TV. Thanks, Dean. You bet, you bet. Misty, we're gonna jump right in here. For our viewers that don't already know, why don't you tell them a bit more about EX Squared? Okay, great, I'd love to. So EX Squared is a design build maintained company that deploys fiber and wireless technology for municipalities, DOT, and Turnpike organizations and other private industry. Our specialty is designing and building fiber optic and wireless networks and also ITS systems. And one of the other things that we do for our customers is when we deploy their fiber technology or other communications technology, we also look for ways to help them commercialize the asset. And what that means is that we really create a right-of-way development program that is a different twist on public-private partnership, helping them find ways to generate revenue off of either fiber or wireless leases to other carriers on an open access basis and it helps them offset their cost of construction but also provides a revenue stream for future projects. Outstanding, Misty. So I'm gonna jump right into the meat and potatoes now. You must be doing something right because let's talk about Atlanta, specifically the Atlanta Beltline. You guys have had your hands in some pretty serious construction there in Atlanta. Why don't you tell our viewers a little bit about that news? Right, so Atlanta Beltline is a perfect example of a Turnpike program that hits on all of the things that EX Squared specializes in but also helps advance some programs that Atlanta Beltline is trying to achieve today. So Atlanta Beltline is a 22-mile abandoned railroad right away that has been redeveloped in an economic, it's really an economic development program that's been redeveloped to provide a walking trail in the heart of Atlanta. So as an economic development program, the Atlanta Beltline wants to provide enhanced services to not only the folks that walk along the trail but also to the folks who use broadband along the trail. There's a large population of people that surround the 22-mile right away including both served and underserved programs or served and underserved neighborhoods. And what I mean by that is some neighborhoods have broadband capability available to them today and others do not. So ABI went out for an RFP a couple of years ago and we're really looking for a partner to help them accelerate their communications backbone so that they could provide a smart corridor kind of initiative, not only with smart lighting but also to provide Wi-Fi to residents along the trail that currently do not have availability to good robust broadband and then also to provide services to carriers so that they can acquire duct and dark fiber along the right away to help achieve their goals and to provide services along the Beltline. So very cool project. We're really excited to be a part of it. We are in the design phase currently. We'll be installing what we call the accelerated duct system. So it'll be a three, one and a quarter inch duct system that will populate with a large fiber cable. Again, that will be available to any carrier or wireless company that has a desire to help advance broadband along the Atlanta Beltline. And then in exchange for that Atlanta Beltline then has capacity to offer some additional services including public safety along the Beltline. Again, a Wi-Fi along the Beltline and then also smart lighting, interactive kiosk and all kinds of exciting technology that they currently do not have the ability to offer. Outstanding. So you're providing a better segue than I could ever provide for myself. Obviously there's a lot of benefits to this partnership with you folks and ABI, specifically the surrounding communities. Can you talk a little bit more about those benefits? So I would say that the biggest benefit to the Atlanta Beltline and to the folks that live along the Beltline is the acceleration of this communications network. Currently, if Atlanta Beltline were to fund the program with budget dollars that they have allocated on an annual basis, it would take them 13 years to complete the Beltline communications network. This allows them to achieve that goal in less than a year. So we'll have capacity on the Beltline available to do all the things that we talked about, to provide better lighting, to provide better surveillance, to provide interactive services, potentially to provide telehealth capabilities to connect schools, to connect other businesses. So what it really does is just accelerates that by 12 years and provides them with a more robust exciting program that they can benefit the public that uses the trail. I love it. A perfect blend of business and community. Very, very cool stuff. But that is one of likely many things that are going on with EX squared. But that was 2018. Let's talk a little bit about 2019. Why don't you tell our viewers a little bit about what they might be able to expect from EX squared in 2019? So we'll be making a couple of really big announcements at the beginning of the year. One is we're working with a Turnpike Authority, where we'll be designing and building a multiple duct and fiber network along their right-of-way to support their intelligent transportation systems. And then to also develop enhanced truck parking and a variety of other weigh-in motion and wrong-way detection and all kinds of other technology that we'll deploy for this particular Turnpike Authority. So once we complete the contract execution which we expect will be in the coming days then we'll be able to make an announcement about who that customer is and more details about what we're gonna be doing for them. So that's a pretty exciting program. It's also a program that they've been working on for some time and we're excited to be a part of it. We have another program that I think will be in a position to talk about more in January, February timeframe where we're developing a telehealth network that will connect hospitals in a rural area in Arizona. And it's an area that has really no broadband and the largest healthcare provider there bought the last gig of service out of that area. So there's literally no more service available and that's another public-private program that we'll be developing with the healthcare association and their customers and hospitals and potentially schools will ultimately connect to that network as well. So that'll be another really exciting program that we hope to announce shortly after the first of the year. I absolutely love it. You're going right where you are needed most. That's really, really great. Misty, I can't thank you enough for being with us today on JSATV. So please do come back. We'd love to talk to you some more at the beginning of next year once some of these deals we do appreciate. You're giving us a glimpse at to what we can expect in 2019, but we'd love to talk to you again. Great, thanks, Dean. I appreciate your time and have a fabulous holiday and we'll catch up after the first of the year. You bet. Thank you, Misty. And thank you viewers for watching JSATV. We'll see you soon.