Two weeks ago, we covered the IEEE’s decision to adopt OpenFog as the basis of its own IEEE 1934 standard for edge compute architectures. This was confirmation of something Wireless Watch has suspected for some time – that ETSI’s Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) specifications are being relegated to a supporting role in the edge environment, and with them, the operators’ role in that value chain. ETSI’s latest MEC white paper does nothing to dispel this idea. It outlines how MEC and 5G can work together to enhance the overall opportunity for the MNO, but it also focuses on how this combination can support other players in the value chain, including the cloud providers and Industrial IoT specialists. This is a…