Verizon Sees Densification as Often Superior to Adding Spectrum, Executive Says
Real-world experience showed Verizon densifying its network often works better than just deploying more spectrum, said John Stratton, president-global operations, at a Wells Fargo conference Tuesday. Stratton cited operations in Chicago, where the company has relatively thin spectrum holdings. The…
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carrier “massively densified” its network there, he said. The performance since has been “stunning,” he said. Verizon’s moves on densification are a natural prelude to 5G, he said. “Moving to a densification regime to increase capacity under LTE is a very natural sequential step towards supporting the architecture of the next-generation networks.” The company has plenty of spectrum in its portfolio, he said. Its network is “still best-in-class, among the best, if not the best, in the world,” but the carrier is using just over half its spectrum, Stratton said. Verizon is interested in the 3.5 GHz shared band when that becomes available, he said: “We haven't even begun to leverage the unlicensed spectrum that will come available at that band. We see that as an opportunity to augment capacity as we go.”