Shared Neutral Host RAN Solution in India to Unlock 5x QoE Improvement

At Telecom Infra Project's Fyuz 22 conference, one of the main stage panel session talked about New Business Models, Neutral-Host NaaS and the Rule of Threes. During that session, Kunal Bajaj, CEO & Co-Founder of CloudExtel spoke on how India can tackle this challenge and unlock 5X Quality of Experience improvement for users, through Shared RAN solutions. CloudExtel successfully deployed its first solution at Mumbai Central railway station, one of the country's largest railway stations, addressing this issue.

The video of the panel session below has been adjusted to start exactly at Kunal's talk. There is an Q&A session followed by the talk. If you would rather hear all the talk in the panel sessions, rewind to 33:10.

A lot of neutral host solutions are being deployed in different parts of the world. If properly planned, they can help service providers deliver a much better experience for the end users.

Related Posts:

Telecoms Infrastructure Blog: Details on India's First Neutral Shared RAN Solution
Telecoms Infrastructure Blog: Passive and Active Infrastructure Sharing
The 3G4G Blog: Quick tutorial on Mobile Network Sharing Options
The 3G4G Blog: How MOCN RAN-Sharing Works
Telecoms Infrastructure Blog: London Underground Mobile Network Infrastructure
Telecoms Infrastructure Blog: Rakuten Mobile and TEPCO Power Grid establish 'Rakuten Mobile Infra Solution'
The 3G4G Blog: Mobile Network Infrastructure Sharing in Japan over Electric Power Infrastructure

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