Verizon’s $20 billion acquisition of Frontier Communications, the largest fiber-based internet provider in the US, is a sign that the US MNO is running low on enthusiasm for wireless. Tough competition and the usual 5G letdowns leaves Verizon with no choice but to beef up its fiber network to become more competitive in convergence offerings. This move is not much of a surprise. In 2023, Verizon’s wireless services revenues expanded by just 3% and the provider has been steadily losing wireless market share to T-Mobile. In the second quarter of 2024, T-Mobile crossed the boundary of 100 million postpaid customers and had the highest Q2 postpaid phone net customer additions in its history, of 777,000. Verizon’s postpaid numbers meanwhile were just below 94…