- Telecom Infra Project’s board of directors has approved its Neutral Host & Infra Sharing Project Group’s charter, paving the way for an ambitious set of initiatives for 2024.
- The Project Group will support the collaboration and development of IBS, outdoor densification and edge solutions operating with the goals of unlocking the economic benefits of shared infrastructure across a wider spectrum of products and services.
- The advancement of the neutral host business model has great potential to benefit the ecosystem with more efficient, less costly, and sustainable advanced infrastructure for the long term, said O’Reilly, one of the four co-chairs.
Telecom Infra Project (TIP)’s board of directors has approved its Neutral Host & Infra Sharing Project Group (Neutral Host PG) ’s charter, aiming at unlocking the economic benefits of shared infrastructure across a wider spectrum of products and services.
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Neutral Host PG owns the shared–infrastructure vision
TIP is a global community of companies working together to accelerate the development and deployment of open, disaggregated, and standards-based technology solutions. The Neutral Host Project Group was launched after discussions with neutral host operators, telecom operators and other ecosystem thought leaders, paving the way for an ambitious set of initiatives for 2024.
A neutral host is defined as an operating entity that hat builds, owns, and operates dedicated wholesale network infrastructure utilised by service providers through commercial agreements.
The Project Group will support the collaboration and development of IBS, outdoor densification and edge solutions operating with a neutral host business model for both passive and active network components.
Vision and interpretation by co-chairs
The Board of Directors appointed four industry leaders as Co-Chairs: Brendan O’Reilly, Group Chief Operating Officer of Boldyn Networks; Kunal Bajaj, CEO of CloudExtel; Daniel Herb, Chief Product Officer of Dense Air; and Shirish Nagaraj, Chief Technology Officer, Corning Wireless.
“The advancement of the neutral host business model has great potential to benefit our ecosystem with more efficient, less costly, and sustainable advanced infrastructure for the long term”, O’Reilly said.
Bajaj added that “CloudExtel believes in active neutral host sharing and the benefits it offers to the mobile operators. Along with TIP, we are eager to address the challenges and explore the opportunities in high-capacity environments like airports, Railways, and shopping malls.”
