Verizon today announced plans to bring its 5G service to New York City on Sept. 26. The move brings all four nationwide operators to the nation’s most populated city.

Verizon says “parts of New York City” will gain access to its 5G Ultra Wideband network, bringing its total number of U.S. cities with mobile 5G service to 11. The operator also says it’s still on track to reach more than 30 cities by the end of the year.

Earlier this month Verizon announced 5G service would be available in 13 NFL stadiums when the NFL season kicked off, and prior to that it launched it’s 10th mobile 5G city in Phoenix. Verizon says it will blanket more than 50% of the country with 5G by the end of 2020.

Although it was late to the first wave of 5G deployments, T-Mobile US was the first operator with mobile 5G service in New York City in June. AT&T deployed 5G service in parts of the city in early August, and Sprint brought its 5G network to the city late last month. That Sprint launch came after it and Nokia fell behind on their self-imposed deadline to deliver 5G there by the end of July.

Sprint’s 5G network is now live in nine cities, T-Mobile has 5G service in six cities, and AT&T’s 5G network is available in parts of 21 cities but it’s still only available for select customers. Sprint is the only U.S. operator to date to deploy mobile 5G service in sub-6 GHz spectrum. The other carriers are currently relying on millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum.

Verizon CEO and Chairman Hans Vestberg emphasized the early nature of Verizon’s mobile 5G deployment during an interview at an investor conference this week. Downplaying criticism about coverage, he explained that Verizon is early in terms of how much spectrum, cell site locations, and software it has utilized to increase coverage, capability, and bandwidth on the 5G network

“For us it’s actually meeting our expectations and we are gradually increasing our footprint every day,” he said. “We are in the beginning of it and seeing the evolution of the technology is actually very encouraging.”

Ultimately, Verizon will use any spectrum it has available for 5G in the future, he added. “We’re going to turn it on when our customers are ready for it and the market has the ecosystem for it. We don’t know exactly when and how. We’re testing capabilities with that and we will continue to do that.”

Vestberg also underlined the many facets of 5G and said it’s paramount that Verizon delivers a superior experience for its customers compared to its 4G LTE network. “We’re working with it daily right now and so we will turn it on when it’s the right time in the market and we actually have significant improvements for our customers when it comes to the 4G network,” he said. “We see multiple use cases on the same infrastructure. That’s not the case in 4G.”

He also demurred somewhat when asked if Verizon will need more spectrum to reach its objectives on 5G. “I don’t start with spectrum,” Vestberg said, adding that building a reliable network is his top priority, followed by the development of differentiated services. Multiple strategies flow from that, he explained, including the potential acquisition of more spectrum and the deployment of software to increase the capabilities of the network.