1、Author:Dean Ramsay,Principal Analyst Editor:Ian Kemp,Managing EditorSponsored by:labsknowledgecode+frameworkstraining+accreditationneutral hosts:can new service models help drive future growth?2contents03 setting the scene04 chapter 1:understanding the neutral host landscape08 chapter 2:the benefits
2、 of a multi-tenant model11 chapter 3:catalyzing CSPs business diversification ambitions13 chapter 4:environmental benefits of the neutral host model16 chapter 5:some challenges facing neutral hosts18 chapter 6:key steps to success20 additional feature from Nokia23 meet the Research and Media team 23
3、Telecoms networks have long been seen as the crown jewels for communications service providers(CSPs).Owning the network and its associated infrastructure,it was argued,was essential to underpin business structures and capture and own the customer.But now a new business model is coming to the fore on
4、e in which ownership is not necessarily the best option.Neutral hosts are companies that invest in or build telecommunications infrastructure such as cell towers,real estate,data centers and fiber optic networks and lease it to multiple CSPs on a shared-tenant basis.They are a group of companies tha
5、t are becoming increasingly important to the telecoms world as the traditional imperative to own infrastructure shifts from a capex-intensive model to one that is focused on opex.In the past,neutral hosts have been predominantly providers of passive infrastructure,or simply space to install equipmen
6、t.But this is no longer the case as CSPs seek to use neutral hosts to acquire active network infrastructure and move towards a platform-as-a-service(PaaS)model quickly and efficiently.In doing so,they have become important not only to the way CSPs build networks and operations structures,but also to