Two of ETSI’s most important projects, at least as far as advanced MNOs are concerned, are MEC (Multi-access Edge Computing) and NFV (Network Functions Virtualization). Now the two efforts are coming closer together as the standards body releases its first tranche of specifications for MEC Phase 2, including a MEC-over-NFV reference architecture. The focus of MEC has shifted considerably since it was originally established under the name of Mobile Edge Computing. Since then, ETSI has recognized that edge computing connectivity will not be confined to cellular, but that many edge cloud applications will rely on harnessing the best available compute resource and connection for a given location. There has also been a more reluctant recognition that the operators’ locations –…