Our upcoming RAN Research forecast on the GPUaaS opportunity has laid bare the stark differences between the utility-esque connectivity market and the high-growth cloud computing world. Despite being foundational, the telcos and their vast interconnected networks are missing out on a slice of this pie. Now, this is not to say that there are no new revenues to secure for some network operators. However, this market would look entirely different if they had collectively held their nerve and retained their early 2010s data center investments. Generally, they did not, and sold those struggling assets off to help address cash flow problems and wayward debt loads incurred in the Great 3G Overspend. The incumbent telcos benefited from their state-owned heritage, in…