Verizon, T-Mobile take their rivalry to the skies

The two carriers quibbled over T-Mobile’s messaging around its up-and-coming satellite servicesT-Mobile won that round, but Verizon's not backing downVerizon wants everyone to know it’s dead serious about satellite connectivity, announcing a first of its own this weekVerizon and T-Mobile are at it again, and this time, it’s more about what’s above their terrestrial networks than what’s on the ground.To be sure, these two have been at each other’s throats for years, primarily because Verizon made areputation for itself as the carrier with the “best network” and T-Mobile, long known as a network laggard, set its sights on upending that. Lo and behold, 5G arrived and T-Mobile seized the moment to leapfrog its competitors, claim the5G network crown and rub it in with endlessthird-partyanalyses. They both compete aggressively, but the jabs between T-Mobile and Verizon areespecially sharp. Now they’re increasingly ratcheting up the rhetoric when it comes to who offers what and when in terms...