Proptivity has completed the world’s first deployment of the Ericsson Host Management Control feature, at a commercial property in Oslo. The feature enables a mobile operator to connect its own baseband, digitally, into a shared Proptivity-managed radio infrastructure, with each operator retaining independent control of their own services. It is a new option for operators who want to integrate digitally into shared high-performance 5G infrastructure while managing their own equipment and still enables property owners to secure future-proof 5G across their buildings with a single infrastructure partner.
Operators have integrated into shared in-building systems for decades, but always through analogue signal distribution with limited performance and no path to modern 5G capability. With the Ericsson Host Management Control feature, part of the Ericsson Radio Dot System, operators can now connect their own baseband equipment digitally into a shared radio infrastructure. Each operator configures and controls most radio parameters independently, while Proptivity, as the infrastructure operator, manages the shared parameters that could otherwise impact other operators’ services, ensuring reliable and equal performance for all.
Proptivity is the first infrastructure operator in the world to deploy it. Operators gain access to high-performance shared infrastructure already funded, installed and operated by Proptivity, without the capital cost of a standalone deployment. For property owners, Proptivity manages the entire indoor infrastructure and all operator integrations as a single point of contact, securing building-wide 5G coverage for all users regardless of which operator they are on.
Because Proptivity holds no spectrum licence and serves no subscriber base, it has no commercial stake in which operator a tenant or visitor uses. Every operator connected to the infrastructure is treated equally, and investment decisions are driven by building performance rather than by any individual operator relationship. The property owner carries no capital investment. Proptivity funds the infrastructure against a monthly service fee, ensuring that mobile phones and cellular connected laptops work everywhere in the building, for every operator.
“Introducing the Host Management Control feature represents a major step forward in our advanced indoor solutions,” says Nils Andersson, Head of Indoor Radio, Business Area Networks at Ericsson. “It gives both operators and hosts much greater flexibility in managing access, boosts resource efficiency, and speeds up the secure rollout of new indoor services on a scalable platform. This development is helping to drive the industry towards more efficient and scalable digital indoor solutions with the Ericsson Radio Dot System, in close partnership with Proptivity.”
“Fully digital has been our baseline from day one.” says Mikael Lundman, CEO at Proptivity. “With Host Management Control, operators can integrate digitally into shared indoor infrastructure on their own terms, keeping full control of their own network within a system they do not have to fund or build. For property owners, nothing changes in terms of simplicity. Proptivity manages the infrastructure and all operator relationships. Together, this represents a step change in performance and simplicity for everyone in the building, operators, property owners and tenants alike.”
For more information, contact:
Mikael Lundman, CEO Proptivity, +46 76 115 21 00
Morgan Curby, CMO Proptivity, +46 763 35 07 64