Verizon has about 68,000 macro towers in total. (Getty Images) Verizon is following its stated game plan for C-band deployments, reaching agreements with tower companies Crown Castle and SBA to add new gear to existing sites. The announcement didn’t disclose too many details but it’s clear Verizon wants to be ready to turn on its valuable C-band spectrum in the 3.7 GHz range as soon as the first batch is vacated and ready for use later this year. Verizon bid more than $45 billion (not including clearing costs/payments) to scoop up an average of 161-megahertz of C-band nationwide, including 60-megahertz of the so-called “A block” that’s on an earlier clearing schedule. That involves plans to launch in the first 46 partial economic areas (PEAs), which include large U.S. urban markets, at the end of 2021.