New York has been one of the most proactive cities in the United States when it comes to small cell deployments. It has a well-informed city government and a history of working with the wireless industry, but even with these advantages the process of deploying small cells is arduous.
“You can’t wake up one day and say ‘I think I’m going to densify New York,’” Verizon Communications’ CFO Fran Shammo told a group of investors recently. “It’s going to take you about 24 months to do that, just to put your first small cell up.”
