The following video is part of our "Motley Fool Conversations" series, in which technology editor and analyst Andrew Tonner and consumer goods editor and analyst Austin Smith discuss topics across the investing world.

Andrew and Austin turn their attention to telecom heavyweight Verizon in today's edition of the Fool's series "Should You Love This Dow Stock?" Both AT&T and Verizon absolutely dominate the telecom space and, better yet, appear poised to continue to own this market as mobile grows increasingly important to how people communicate. Listen on to see if investors should love this iconic company.

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