AT&T and Verizon are betting on AST SpaceMobile to provide a counter to SpaceX’s Starlink for their direct-to-device (D2D) services, while in Europe, the upstart satellite firm had signed a joint venture with Vodafone to serve wholesale access to wholesale customers. T-Mobile jumped into bed with SpaceX early, but the combination of SpaceX’s terrestrial ambitions (with Qualcomm recently confirmed as a RAN silicon supplier) and AST SpaceMobile’s delays have prompted the US trio to launch their own joint venture. AST SpaceMobile’s global ambitions are falling behind with every quarter. Now, in an attempt to counter its declining share price, AST SpaceMobile has confirmed that it will build its own rocket platform to launch its satellites – and confirmed a new…