We believe increased infrastructure sharing via neutral host platforms, and probably increased active RAN sharing, will be essential to achieve the promised efficiencies of 5G and help make the business case. In New Zealand, Chorus – as a wholesale fiber provider – should be in a strong position to take this role in 5G, and is calling on the government to consider enabling shared infrastructure to support all the MNOs in deploying 5G. Chorus is looking to bolster the sharing model, to improve its own business case. Kate McKenzie, Chorus’s CEO, said there was a “strong argument” for sharing 5G network assets in a small country like New Zealand, whose population is only 4.8m. “There are far more effective outcomes…