Operators can focus on upselling high-value services, such as 5G network slices, and commit to the costs involved in upgrading their networks to achieve this. Or, otherwise, they can differentiate themselves from competitors by offering ever higher volumes of data. Such is the commercial dynamic covered in another article this week. We see something of a divergence in this dynamic, where some operators continue to invest in expensive technologies to offer more advanced digital services, while others relinquish efforts to win the tech race, and instead settle for the role of raw data provider. Once a telco has accepted its role as a utility service provider, then why not expand to other utility services, such as power and water? This…