American Tower has engaged Nokia to deploy a neutral fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network in Argentina.
By using virtualization to share network resources as a slice of the physical network, Nokia's Altiplano open access solution will enable American Tower to provide wholesale fiber access on a network-as-a-service (NaaS) basis. The company claims to have joined three virtual network operator tenants in Argentina.
With traditional wholesale fiber solutions, tenant operators have struggled with business innovation and market differentiation due to rigid design, lack of network visibility, and limited control over service delivery. Nokia's Altiplano Open Access solution, an add-on to its Altiplano software suite, enables more flexible service design to meet the needs of both large and small operator tenants.
The American Tower OCTO executive said, "Through our partnership with Nokia, we are leveraging the Altiplano SDAN domain controller to enhance our neutral host Network as a Service (NaaS) platform, allowing for enhanced automation and providing operational autonomy for our virtual operators."
The neutral host business model reduces the cost of fiber deployment, attracts new sources of funding and drives the FTTH market into underserved areas," said the president of Nokia Fixed Networks. Nokia's Altiplano Open Access solution is built to support infrastructure builders with flexible network sharing options, while virtual network operators receive the customized features needed to support their business and improve the subscriber experience."
