Vodafone is betting big on the ‘Industrial Internet.’ In her keynote speech at MWC, CEO Margherita Della Valle said that this is the bloated firm’s next great hope. But in reality, the world of private networks is highly competitive, especially for unwieldy operators, and the great revolution promised by the Industry 4.0 trend is a long way down the road. “The opportunity opening up in front of us today is the industrial internet,” declared Della Valle. “Just as 4G unlocked the consumer mobile internet, programmable 5G standalone networks with open APIs will enable the industrial internet, connecting machines and applications with cloud-based AI-powered services. We are only really limited by our imagination.” MNO desperation for enterprise revenue streams was tangible…