Verizon Working With Crown Castle, SBA on 5G Deployments

Verizon signed deals with tower companies Crown Castle and SBA Communications to rapidly deploy equipment as it launches 5G and fixed wireless broadband in C-band spectrum. “Deploying 5G Ultra Wideband on this spectrum requires new network equipment including basebands and antennas to be placed on existing towers,” Verizon said Monday. The terms weren’t announced. The carrier secured an average of 161 MHz of C-band spectrum nationwide in the recent FCC auction (see 2103110034).