Antevia Networks, the telecoms equipment vendor changing the economics of 5G private networks, and Ontix, a leading UK Neutral Host Operator, announced a partnership to deploy Multi-Operator Core Network (MOCN) technology allowing private mobile networks to be complemented by MNO service over common radio infrastructure. The companies are combining Antevia’s RAN technology together with Ontix’ Neutral Host Service Gateway, Nexus, and Service Enablement Model, to make hybrid networks a commercial reality.
The groundbreaking approach is designed to address challenges that have historically limited private network adoption, including deployment complexity, high costs and specialist integration requirements. Built to simplify installation and management, the platform combines cellular performance with operational simplicity comparable to enterprise Wi-Fi.
Based on Antevia’s 5G Shift, MOCN leverages a cloud-based, virtualised RAN architecture built on O-RAN principles and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware. Its patented multiplexing and Shared Cell technologies enable multiple radios to operate as a single 5G cell, minimising handovers and reducing infrastructure requirements. In deployments to date, this has been as few as one-tenth of those required for Wi-Fi.
The end-to-end private network is easy to design, fast to deploy and simple to operate, making enterprise-grade 5G accessible to SMEs and smaller venues for the first time For channel partners and system integrators, this opens up new markets and the ability to deliver IoT solutions for SMEs which would previously have been impossible to satisfy due to the traditional cost and complexity of 5G.
