AT&T has set the gold standard for how operators can take leadership in setting standards for next generation network platforms. This is increasingly being done by bypassing the traditional standards bodies – which remain heavily driven by a small group of vendors – and taking command of open (and even open source) initiatives. But AT&T is not the only large telco to be taking this approach, and in the strategic area of edge compute, Deutsche Telekom is giving the US giant a run for its money by expanding its MobiledgeX platform. The traditional telecoms industry has its own would-be standards for defining where the access network intersects with edge-based compute and storage (micro data centers). This is ETSI’s Multi-access Edge…