The European trade association for neutral host tower companies, EWIA (European Wireless Infrastructure Association), argues that the neutral host model is essential for Europe to meet its Digital Decade goal for 2030. This includes building VHCNs (Very High Capacity Networks). Shared infrastructure is the cheaper and more sustainable way to operate networks, but EWIA’s case relies on the idea that savings made by MNOs from not having to build their own passive infrastructure will be reinvested in other parts of the network and not used up elsewhere. EWIA outlines this view in a report via EY, laying out how European tower companies boost the whole system by giving telcos a break from passive infrastructure costs. But to meet the overall…