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T-Mobile and Oceus Team Up to Bring 5G Advanced Network Solutions to U.S. Government

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BELLEVUE, Wash. and RESTON, Va. — June 14, 2022 — (BUSINESS WIRE) T-Mobile and Oceus are excited to announce a strategic alliance to deliver key offerings to the U.S. government. This collaboration will focus on products and services that leverage T-Mobile, America’s largest, fastest, and most reliable 5G network, and Oceus’ unique 5G product offerings to provide a full portfolio of solutions designed specifically for the federal government. Oceus’ extensive experience in deploying cellular broadband in military environments, combined with T-Mobile’s 5G Advanced Network Solutions, will provide new capabilities and cutting-edge use cases for the U.S. government, including the Department of Defense (DoD).

As the DoD accelerates the adoption of transformative 5G and future generation wireless networking technologies to ensure its forces can operate effectively virtually anywhere, they need the support of strong partners. So, T-Mobile and Oceus are teaming up to ensure that customers like the U.S. government have innovative, industry-leading solutions. Together, T-Mobile and Oceus are poised to deliver applications within the DoD for AR/VR, maintenance and logistics, training, and active operations — thanks to T-Mobile’s leading 5G nationwide network, assets, engineering expertise, and solution portfolio alongside Oceus’ extensive cellular experience with massive MIMO, and software-defined network orchestration in deployable, enterprise, and cloud-based solutions.

T-Mobile’s 5G Advanced Network Solutions — a suite of supercharged, managed network solutions — unlocks massive amounts of data by combining 5G connectivity with edge computing so the data, no matter where it’s located, can be gathered and processed at blazing fast speeds. Oceus brings years of expertise in developing, integrating, and customizing proprietary tools and technology for delivering access to fast, reliable cellular-based connectivity in mission-critical operations. Offerings will focus on secure 5G private networks, multi-access edge compute and SecDevOps.

“This is a game changer for DoD, and as an example, late last year Oceus and T-Mobile teamed up to provide a response to an urgent request for high-capacity emergency communications in support of Operation Allies Welcome (OAW),” said Callie Field, President, T-Mobile Business Group. “This provided over 6,400 DoD and interagency customers and 30,000 Afghan guests reliable use of retrofitted systems with T-Mobile’s Ultra Capacity 5G network, generating a daily average of more than 20,000 voice calls with an estimated data usage of 500 megabits per second (Mbps), and over three terabytes (TB) of average aggregate usage across the four locations.”

Jeff Harman, President and CEO of Oceus stated “T-Mobile has live 5G capacity that is unmatched, and this capacity allows our clients to securely access maximum 5G coverage. We’re excited to partner further to deliver new solutions that are needed today by the U.S. government.”

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About T-Mobile

T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) is America’s supercharged Un-carrier, delivering an advanced 4G LTE and transformative nationwide 5G network that will offer reliable connectivity for all. T-Mobile’s customers benefit from its unmatched combination of value and quality, unwavering obsession with offering them the best possible service experience and undisputable drive for disruption that creates competition and innovation in wireless and beyond. Based in Bellevue, Wash., T-Mobile provides services through its subsidiaries and operates its flagship brands, T-Mobile, Metro by T-Mobile and Sprint. For more information please visit: https://www.t-mobile.com.

About Oceus

Oceus is a global technology innovator providing 5G network solutions to government and enterprise customers. We deliver extensive broadband connectivity with dedicated and dynamic spectrum, massive MIMO, and network slicing in deployable, enterprise and cloud-based solutions that solve unique communication and data challenges in a wide range of a public and private networks. Our edge computing capabilities provide low latency, ultra-high reliability and enhanced security for wireless IoT devices and applications. The Oceus Intelligent Controller provides software-defined network orchestration using AI/ML to automate the management of 5G enterprise systems and applications. Oceus is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with Oceus Technologies, our R&D Lab, in Plano, Texas, and our Integration and Operations Center in The Colony, Texas. Learn more at oceus.io

Contacts

T-Mobile US, Inc. Media Relations
MediaRelations@t-mobile.com

Oceus Media Relations
Paul McQuillan
(703) 944-1086
pmcquillan@oceus.io

T-Mobile Investor Relations Contact
T-Mobile US, Inc.
investor.relations@t-mobile.com
https://investor.t-mobile.com

Oceus Awarded Cellular Network DoD Contract

Mobile Communications Innovator to Design and Operate Mobile Cellular System

RESTON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oceus is pleased to announce they have been awarded an $84M Mobile Cellular Network 10-year IDIQ contract. The contract provides design, engineering, installation and sustainment support for a cellular communication system.

Under the contract, Oceus will build test systems for cellular applications. The contract is designed to maintain a state-of-the-art capability, including services to sustain and operate along with the ability to add new features as requirements dictate.

Jeff Harman, President and CEO of Oceus, stated: “We have had a long relationship with DOD providing world class capabilities and are very humbled to continue to support their mission objectives.” Steve McCutchen, SVP for Oceus’ DOD/IC Division adds: “This is a world-class system, and this contract ensures the capability is always at the latest technology.”

About Oceus

Oceus is a global technology innovator providing 5G network solutions to government and enterprise customers. We deliver extensive broadband connectivity with dedicated and dynamic spectrum, massive MIMO, and network slicing in deployable (or portable), enterprise and cloud-based solutions. Our 5G solutions solve unique communication and data challenges in a wide range of a public and private networks. Our edge computing capabilities enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB), Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communications (URLLC), and massive Machine Type Communications (mMTC) for wireless IoT devices and applications. The Oceus Intelligent Controller provides software-defined network orchestration using AI/ML to automate the management of 5G enterprise systems and applications. Oceus is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with Oceus Technologies, our R&D Lab, in Plano, Texas, and our Integration and Operations Center in The Colony, Texas. To find out more, visit www.oceusnetworks.com.

Contacts

Paul McQuillan
pmcquillan@oceusnetworks.com
(703) 944-1086

Oceus Promotes Jeff Harman to Chief Executive Officer

Mobile Communications Innovator Announces Promotion of Jeff Harman

RESTON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oceus is excited to announce the appointment of Jeff Harman to Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Harman has served as the company’s President since June 2020 and as Chief Operating Officer prior.

Oceus is a leader in the provision of 5G broadband for the Department of Defense (DoD) and is expanding those offerings into the first responder and commercial markets. The company has achieved significant growth under Mr. Harman’s leadership while building out its technology offerings and management team. In his expanded role, Mr. Harman will continue to drive innovation throughout the Oceus portfolio of products and services, developing and enhancing cost-effective solutions that solve clients’ most complex communications problems. Mr. Harman will also focus on expanding the company’s large and growing network of innovative partnerships.

Brad Antle, Oceus’ Executive Chairman, stated, “Oceus is primed to take full advantage of its technology leadership in an expanding 5G wireless market under Jeff’s stewardship.”

David Battle, Board Member and Partner at Battle Investment Group, stated “We are proud to be partnered with Jeff Harman. The number of attractive use cases for secure, private broadband networks is expanding, and we expect Oceus’ solutions – including meaningful contributions from innovation partners – to continue improving enterprise productivity, efficiency, safety and data security under Jeff’s leadership.”

Prior to joining Oceus, Mr. Harman worked for CACI International as a Senior Vice President Operating Group Manager, responsible for Enterprise IT and Network Solutions, and held leadership positions at Teaming Associates, BBN, and GSI. Mr. Harman served in the U.S. Air Force prior to joining GSI and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Systems.

About Oceus

Oceus’ mission is to enable our customers to securely communicate anywhere at any time. Our team of former U.S. military and telecommunications experts works to solve the unique communication and data challenges in a wide range of a commercial private networks, combat tactical, austere and emergency response situations. We develop, integrate and customize technology for delivering access to fast, reliable broadband connectivity in mission-critical operations. Our large-scale private cellular networks can be deployed rapidly and efficiently in environments where communications infrastructure is inadequate, damaged or non-existent. As a Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (C5ISR) hardware and software solutions integrator and provider, our capabilities extend even further than our deep cellular expertise. To find out more, visit www.oceusnetworks.com.

About Battle Investment Group

Battle Investment Group is an Atlanta, Georgia-based, private investment firm that seeks to support the long-term expansion and success of enterprises and management teams operating in the North American defense, government, aerospace, telecommunications, and industrial marketplaces. The firm currently manages multiple committed investment funds and employs an operating model that allows for long-term focus and commitment to its core operating principles. To find out more, visit www.battleinvestmentgroup.com.

Oceus Hires Chief Growth Officer

Mobile Communications Innovator Announces the Addition of Paul McQuillan

(RESTON, Va.) — In recognition of accelerated growth, Oceus is excited to announce the addition of Paul McQuillan to the Oceus team. In his new role as Chief Growth and Strategy Officer, Paul will lead the Business Development, Sales Operations and Market Communications for Oceus. Paul, already a strategic advisor to the Battle Investment Group, which acquired Oceus in 2020, has a long track record of driving accelerated growth for the companies he leads.

Paul is an accomplished executive leader with more than 30+ years of proven success in delivering tech-enabled services and technology solutions for global companies in highly competitive markets. During his career, Paul has served in numerous roles, including as a strategist for the development of new markets, providing thought leadership on technology and solutions, and working as a collaborator on empowering and supporting operational support resources.

Paul will report to Jeff Harman, President of Oceus. “Paul brings the expertise needed to expand our business and will be a great addition to the management team,” said Jeff Harman. Brad Antle, Executive Chairman of Oceus, stated: “We are excited to have Paul join the team, as he brings all the right attributes to accelerate our growth.”

As part of their expansion, Oceus will seek to invest more in technology to advance security and resiliency in 5G and advance concepts around 6G for DoD and Commercial Private networks.

About Oceus

Oceus’ mission is to enable our customers to securely communicate anywhere at any time. Our team of former U.S. military and telecommunications experts works to solve the unique communication and data challenges in a wide range of a commercial private networks, combat tactical, austere, and emergency response situations. We develop, integrate, and customize technology for delivering access to fast, reliable broadband connectivity in mission-critical operations. Our large-scale private cellular networks can be deployed rapidly and efficiently in environments where communications infrastructure is inadequate, damaged, or non-existent. As a Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (C5ISR) hardware and software solutions integrator and provider, our capabilities extend even further than our deep cellular expertise.

Oceus Receives Award to Support Nellis Air Force Base in OUSD 5G Efforts

Oceus is pleased to announce that we received an award to support Nellis Air Force Base as part of the OUSD 5G efforts. This contract award is to provide tactical mobility tools to manage 5G networks on the move and expeditionary capabilities. Oceus is excited to build upon our legacy of providing specialized management software to deploy tactically relevant cellular systems into austere environments.

Oceus ONmission Provides Mobile Network Management Control for Challenging Environments

Oceus Announces Two New Division Leaders

(RESTON, Va.) — In alignment with accelerated growth, Oceus is reorganizing around two operational divisions: Oceus Federal Civilian and Industries Division (“FedCiv and Industries”) and Oceus DoD and Intel Division.

Oceus is pleased to announce the addition of Bart Gray to their team as Senior Vice President and General Manager for the FedCiv and Industries Division. Bart brings a wealth of experience in taking new technologies to market with prior positions at Parsons Corporation, SimSpace and 3M. “We see commercial private networks as a significant growth market and are excited to have Bart, with his broad technical experience from start-up to large, complex conglomerate, lead this dynamic business unit,” said Brad Antle, Executive Chairman of Oceus.

Steve McCutchen has been promoted to Senior Vice President and General Manager and will lead the DoD and Intel Division. In this role, Steve will continue to shape the DoD strategy and go-to-market initiatives for Oceus. Steve brings a long heritage and deep understanding of applying leading broadband capabilities to the DoD and for other government customers.

In this expansion, Oceus will leverage Oceus Plano Labs, an innovation and integration facility that is responsible for 35 patents, for both market domains. Jeff Harman, President for Oceus, states, “The synergies between the two markets have never been this closely aligned, and we see a clear discriminator in what Plano Labs can offer to both verticals.”

The distributed architectures Oceus excels in providing have been critical in the DoD environment and are now a critical requirement in the commercial sector as well. “New network architectures that can quickly adapt to changing requirements, include compute at the edge, have extremely low latency, and are able to operate in less-than-ideal conditions have applicability to both markets,” said Kevin Stiles, CTO for Oceus.

Oceus Awarded 5G Contract

Mobile Communications Innovator to Build 5G Test Systems to be Used by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (OUSD) Research & Engineering (R&E)

(RESTON, Va.) — Oceus is pleased to announce they have been awarded a 5G Cell on Light Truck (CoLT) subcontract from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), which will be used to support research and development for OUSD(R&E). The initial order is for $21 million with options to provide a total of $32 million in equipment and services.

Under the subcontract, Oceus, along with key partner Ericsson, will build 5G test systems for 5G applications. As part of the project, Oceus will deploy Ericsson’s Release 15 3GPP standards-based 5G Core cloud native software enabling standalone 5G, along with 5G New Radio (NR) hardware and software, which fulfill mission-critical grade service requirements. Each system will have specified frequency bands to test the full spectrum in 5G implementations. 

Oceus’ Executive Chairman Brad Antle states: “We are excited to bring world-class 5G solutions to the U.S. government.” Jeff Harman, President of Oceus, adds: “This award builds on our legacy of providing the best-in-class mobile communication platforms to extend communications to the tactical edge.”

Oceus’ initial delivery for the project will be seven CoLTs configured to test a variety of 5G use cases. Engineering and design for the systems will be conducted out of Oceus’ Plano Lab facilities. The Plano Labs facility specializes in configurations of 5G systems in several form factors and will lead this deliverable.  Each CoLT is uniquely configured to test the various bands of spectrum from FR1 to FR2 frequency ranges.  Oceus will provide training on how to operate the systems along with providing field support and warranty to sustain the systems.

About Oceus

Oceus’ team of former U.S. military and telecommunications specialists works to solve the unique communication and data challenges in a wide range of combat, austere, and emergency response situations. We develop, integrate, and customize technology for delivering access to fast, reliable broadband connectivity in mission-critical operations. Our large-scale private cellular networks can be deployed rapidly and efficiently in environments where communications infrastructure is inadequate, damaged, or non-existent. As a Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (C5ISR) hardware and software solutions integrator and provider, our capabilities extend even further than our deep cellular expertise.

Oceus Selected to Support the DoD in Experimentation and Testing of 5G

Oceus is excited and humbled to be selected to support the DoD in experimentation and testing of 5G for the Warfighter. We look forward to providing this capability to the men and woman who deserve to have the very best technology available.

As part of the Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality Training project at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) in Washington, Oceus will develop and field a Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) based 5G handheld called Tough Mobile Device-5G (TMD-5G) for the field training environment. The objective of this project is to rapidly field a scalable, resilient, and secure 5G network to provide a test bed for experimentation with a 5G-enabled Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality (AR/VR) capability for mission planning, distributed training, and operational use.

This is part of a DoD effort for 5G experimentation and testing at five U.S. military test sites totaling $600 million in awards. Representing the largest full-scale 5G tests for dual-use applications in the world, each installation will partner military Services, industry leaders, and academic experts to advance the Department’s 5G capabilities.

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Oceus Demonstrates SMART Gateway Platform During Air Force On-Ramp ABMS

During the Air Force On-Ramp 2 ABMS demonstration, Oceus was part of a team that included MAG Aerospace, HPE, and Apple to showcase the Oceus-developed SMART Gateway platform. The demonstration showed the platform running on the HPE EL-8000 and 25 Apple iPads running live SIPRnet.

Leveraging the SMART Gateway CSfC architecture, the Apple iPads were able to show real-time geospatial and Situational Awareness (SA) data using the Palantir Technologies applications Gaia and Cosmos, and 3D mapping application from Immersive Wisdom.

Samsung Launches Galaxy S20 Tactical Edition with Oceus as a Solutions Partners

Samsung Electronics America has announced that the Samsung Galaxy S20 Tactical Edition (TE) is now available through select channel partners, including Oceus. Designed to address the unique needs of operators in Department of Defense (DoD) and throughout the federal government, the Galaxy S20 TE couples a proven hardware platform with an open and secure Android operating system to enable a broad range of tactical partners.

The announcement states:

“The Galaxy S20 TE also supports multiple carrier networks and the use of private 5G SIMs, Wi-Fi 6 and CBRS2. Leveraging Oceus, private 5G/4G LTE high bandwidth networks, Galaxy S20 TE users can access Oceus’ Secure Mobile Device Platform (SMP). Consisting of a suite of applications that enables the capture of environmental metrics, and collection of sensor data with storage and upload for centralized management with no action required by the end user. The platform is also capable of enabling DoD specific security requirements including encrypted dual-tunnel VPN communication and includes Data-In-Transit and Data-At-Rest protection.”

Together, Oceus’ Xiphos LTE cellular networks and the Samsung Galaxy S20 TE deliver cutting-edge mobile hardware on a secure and reliable tactical cellular network.

Learn more about Oceus’ capabilities and the benefits of pairing the Samsung Galaxy S20 Tactical Edition with our solutions.