Verizon Determined to Be Leader on Small Cells, Executive Says
Verizon is beating its competitors on small-cell deployment, said Mike Haberman, vice president-network, in an interview with Techstination, posted by the carrier. The company is “hands down” the leader, Haberman said. “We have, quite frankly, the largest small-cell deployment in…
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the country. We have been working behind the scenes.” Traditional towers (macrocells) “are sort of the umbrella network, and the small cells are underneath the umbrella network to provide the capacity needed,” he said. “We’ve been doing this for many years” with installations on utility poles and traffic lights, he said. “We’ve been a leader,” he said. “We’ve been aggressive.” Haberman also said Verizon introduced unlimited plans after a long period of preparation (see 1703060051). “We planned,” he said. “This was not a decision we decided to just do.” Some analysts said Verizon is pulling ahead on deployment of small wireless facilities. The firm's engineers appear to be “betting” on small cells and densification instead of spectrum, said Craig Moffett, analyst at MoffettNathanson, in a recent note to investors. “It is here that they have begun to pull away from their competitors.”