A presentation made by Andriy Zhylenko, CTO at PortaOne, NG Telecom Summit

1. Andriy Zhylenko
PortaOne CTO
Blockchain in Telecom
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Practical cases
NG Telecoms Summit, October 2018

2. Why
Blockchain?
● Open
● Distributed
● Secure
● Immutable

3. ● Boring theory and
known facts
● Market growth
predictions
● Fantasy projects
you cannot start in
the next 12 months
● Immediate
opportunities
● Case Study: Peer-
2-peer Telecom
Exchange
Agenda for
today
Agenda for
today

4. ● Boring theory and
known facts
● Market Growth
Predictions
● Fantasy projects
you cannot start in
the next 12 months
● Immediate
opportunities
● Case Study: Peer-
2-peer Telecom
Exchange
Agenda for
today

5. Blockchain applications
in Telecom
● Interconnect / Roaming
● Supply chain management
● IoT provisioning & control
● 5G enablement / Global service delivery

6. Interconnect / Roaming
● Offer / rate management
● Automated inter-carrier
settlement
● Number portability
● User-identity management
● Fraud prevention

7. Blockchain-based supply chain control
● Automated smart
contracts
● Inventory management
● Full life-cycle audit
● Easy addition of new
suppliers

8. IoT provisioning and control
● Automated service
provisioning
● Security
● Audit
● Analytics

9. Global service delivery
● Global connectivity
● No contracts or
commitments
● New VAS
opportunities

10. Case study: P2P Voice Call Exchange
● Blockchain + ENUM
● Accessible by operators
and individuals
● Multiple Authenticators
with various degrees of
trust

11. 'Traditional' VoIP
exchanges
● Multiple independent
authenticators
● Each participant
contributes processing
nodes
● Transparent for end user
● Central data authority
● Added operational
costs
● Poor UX for end user
Blockchain-based

12. Challenges
● Rapid evolution of
technology
● Data privacy issues
(e.g. GDPR)
● Authentication
gateways

13. Please share
your
blockchain
use-cases.
Thank you!
Andriy Zhylenko
a.zhilenko@portaone.com