Like Japan, Germany has become a leading hub for industrial private 5G/LTE deployment, with many manufacturers there seeking to build their own networks in unlicensed spectrum without any role for operators. Major telcos have been forced to respond and have done so in various ways, with Deutsche Telekom, unsurprisingly, foremost among them. DT is seeking a leading role as a systems integrator bringing in all the components and tools required to deliver a complete industrial IoT service around a private network. Its principal partner in this venture is AWS for managed edge infrastructure and services. The telco has also unveiled two all-in packages for factory and warehouse-based edge-cloud analytics following a deal with German IT services company GFT. This brings…