One of the interesting highlights of the FYUZ event in Madrid last week was a focus on neutral host models to help facilitate and accelerate build-out of fixed, mobile and in-building networks, especially in scenarios where a single-operator business case can be hard to make. The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) has a solution group dedicated to neutral host network-as-a-service (NaaS) models, which is chaired by John Hartin, CEO of consultancy TeleworX. He told a panel debate at FYUZ: “We’ve seen a significant uptick in the neutral host NaaSCo business model in the last few years.” Examples that were featured in the discussion included Telefónica’s Internet para Todos (IpT), which addresses rural roll-outs in Latin America; American Tower; Africa Mobile Networks;…