In Wireless Watch, we have often analysed how operators will need to deploy more resources at the edge of the network, and combine connectivity with processing and storage to support distributed cloud and low latency services. This means the 5G network, and the broader platform that surrounds it, will involve some unprecedented decisions about infrastructure, and the ownership of it – the kind which MNOs have not previously had to consider. The first moves, being made now, towards densification of the RAN, have highlighted the challenges around finding the right sites and wireline transport to support a more distributed approach to delivering mobile services. But for MNOs which want to integrate edge compute capabilities – storage, processing and specific applications…