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Your route to a successful

business case for


Neutral Host 4G
SOLUTION
Neutral Host Small Cell Business Planner
deployments using the 3G
Viper™ platform For successful Neutral Host SOLUTION

deployments on the
Viper™ platform
2G
SOLUTION

Neutral Host Business Planner The Process


Enterprises and Venues of all sizes need the benefits of The ip.access Neutral Host Business Planner delivers effective
multi-operator service, but the mobile operators are only able to business plans and financial projections in three planning phases:
provide it in rare cases. The Neutral Host opportunity turns that on
— Phase 1: Venue by Venue Design
its head by focusing on what the Enterprise needs.
— Phase 2: Return on Investment (ROI)
The Neutral Host Business Planner quantifies the benefits to all
of the stakeholders, including the venue owner, Mobile Network — Phase 3: Market Level Long Term Return
Operator (MNO) and the Neutral Host provider. It’s a set of
capabilities that work together to provide a technically sound,
financially rigorous model helping guide you in the uncharted
world of the Neutral Host.

Neutral Host Business Planner Successful Neutral Host Deployment

Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3


Design Planning ROI Planning Long Term Leads to
Return Planning
TCO/unit
vs
Revenue
Increase coverage,
optionally via shared spectrum

Throughput

DCR H/O Fail

Capacity & Coverage Model a whole Five year multi-site Improved user
per office, building site growth plan with experience in shared
Performance Improved
or other venue margin per quarter spaces for served MNOs
Viper™ provides flexibility in a single small cell
unit, cutting costs and simplifying the Neutral
Host rollout process.

Design Planning Key Features and Benefits


The design planning phase converts the physical floor plan of The qualitative benefits of the Viper™ model are clear. Shared
specific venues to work out the number of cells required and their infrastructure must lead to lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
ideal locations in the venue to provide the optimal coverage and for all parties. And shared spectrum must make it even lower. But
capacity. how much lower? These tools answer that question, by

— Accurately modelling the deployment cost venue-by-venue


ROI Planning
— Quantifying the effects of sharing the costs of infrastructure,
Based on the equipment requirements calculated in Design
installation, transmission, power, site rental, and so on
Planning, this phase compiles the OpEx and CapEx for the Neutral
Host deployment to derive the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). — Modelling various business models – enterprise pays, spectrum
Revenue from the venue/enterprise and (optionally) mobile donor earns, spectrum user pays, and any combination
network operators calculates the ROI against the derived TCO.
— Sizing the market for the neutral host service provider in
We work with you to mould the modelling tool to suit the monetary terms
opportunity at hand.
— Showing the cash requirements across a market with varying
This phase in the business planner also compares a Neutral Host deployment velocities
solution against competing technologies and traditional one-cell-
— Calculating the net revenue contribution for a long-term and
per-operator deployments.
healthy line-of-business

Long Term Return Planning All of these taken together:

Use this phase to generate a long term business case, over 3 or 5 — Allow the Neutral Host to understand the financial and
years, for a complete Neutral Host Service Provider solution. commercial risks and benefits for a set of opportunities within
multiple markets
This works on the basis of a number of venues secured per
quarter over the growth phase, with a defined revenue generated — Show the benefits to the Service Providers, and so help the
only from the venue/enterprise. Taking account of all the costs Neutral Host engage with their Service Provider partners
(TCO) it then generates a margin contribution for the business by — Accurately size the deployments and the Quality-of-Service on
quarter for the modelling period. an enterprise-by-enterprise basis, and so help the Neutral Host
engage with their enterprise customers

Operated as a Service

— ip.access works with Neutral Host Providers, Mobile Operators,


Service Providers, Enterprise groups and others in the
ecosystem to drive the Business Planner toolset to goals and
objectives set by you and your customers

For More Information


Contact your ip.access representative or send an email to:
[email protected].

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