Blockchain in Telecom - Blockchain Summit Melbourne 2017 - Speaker: Sohag Sarkar

http://www.unicomlearning.com/2017/Blockchain_Summit_Melbourne
By Sohag Sarkar
Principal, Infosys Management Consulting
Blockchain in
Telecom

Speaker’s Profile
Sohag is a meticulous, results-driven Management Consultant with 12+ years of
experience in Strategy, Business Transformation and large-scale Program
Management across Telecom, Technology, Government, Regulatory and Sports
industries respectively.
• He has successfully led multi-geography strategic and operational program
for some of the Global enterprises of value US$ 1-2+ billion.
• He has adept experience of leading enterprise-wide business transformations
programs in India, the Philippines, Middle East and Africa.
At present, he is working with Infosys Management Consulting (Australia) as
a Principal and has worked as a Strategy & Transformation Consultant with
KPMG and IBM respectively. He has been a Visiting Faculty to Management
B-schools and pursuing his research from Pacific University.
Several of his white-papers and thought leaderships have been published in
leading journals.
He pursues Blockchain as a contemporary interest area and is a certified
Blockchain Professional.
Sohag Sarkar

Topics:
• Introduction to Blockchain
• Concept Stop-over
• Detailed Slide: Abstract Model of Blockchain
• Types of Blockchain
• Why Blockchain is disruptive technology
• Business Decision Making
• Decision Tress
• Challenges & oppportunities
• Use Cases
• Telecom Use Cases
• Global Blockchain initiatives by Telcos
• End Note
Introduction
to
Blockchain

Introduction to Blockchain
• October 2008: Satoshi Nakamoto unveiled a disruptive technology that
aimed to carry out peer-to-peer digital transaction without the need of an
intermediary.
• January 2009: The genesis block of Bitcoin was mined.
• 3-Bs were the highlight of this phenomenon
Blockchain
(The disruptive technology)

Blockchain: The disruptive solution to the classical problem

Blockchain Evolution
Inception
Implementation
Impression
Innovation
Interplay
Till 2008
2009
2015
Today
Tomorrow

Topics:
• Decision Tress
• Use Cases
• End Note
Blockchain
In
Business

Source: IBM, May 2017 (2,965 C-suite executives from over 80 countries and 20 industries worldwide)

Blockchain for Business: A reality check
• Blockchain is not Bitcoin
– A business blockchain usually prioritizes identity
over anonymity and uses selective endorsement
of transactions in place of computationally-
intensive proof of work
• Blockchain is yet to mature
• Blockchain is not a product
• Blockchain is not needed when there is no
business network
• Blockchain is not a transaction processing
system replacement
• Blockchain is not necessarily anonymous

Blockchain: Go/No-Go Business Decision
High Performance,
Millisecond
Transactions?
Are you managing
Contractual
relationships?
Does Identity matter?
Does this require a
Market Approach?
Are you working with
Complex Business
Logic?
Do you need to keep
your transactions
private?
Does it require greater
than two parties?
Are you looking to
reduce costs?
Consider
Alternative
Approaches
Consider
Blockchain
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Are you looking to
improve
Discoverability?

Business Challenges in implementing Blockchain
Source: Infosys, Feb 2017 (100+ business and technology leaders from over 75 financial institutions worldwide)

Key Opportunities in using Blockchain Technology
Source: Infosys, Feb 2017 (100+ business and technology leaders from over 75 financial institutions worldwide)

Topics:
• Decision Tress
• Use Cases
• End Note
Blockchain
In
Telecom

Blockchain: Telecom Use Cases (Products & Services) (1/2)
Roaming Identity-as-a-Service Wi-Fi / Connectivity
Mobile Wallet Data Management

Blockchain: Telecom Use Cases (Products & Services) (2/2)
IOT/M2M Smart Cities Healthcare
5G Connectivity Digital Assets / Rights

Blockchain: Telecom Use Cases (Operational Improvement &
Risk Management)
Roaming Number Portability
Internal OSS/BSS
Processes
Fraud Management KYC Blacklist Registry

Roaming
Future Model with Blockchain
Blockchain: Telecom Use Cases (Roaming Products & Services)
Around 70% of roamers
worldwide stay silent, with
just 1% of subscribers
consuming 80% of traffic in
roaming.
Source: Connected World Asia Pacific, Starhome Mach
Current Options for Roamers
Use Home Operators
Roaming Service
Purchase a local SIM
Card

Blockchain: Telecom Use Cases (Identity-as-a-Services)

Blockchain: Telecom Use Cases (Healthcare)

Global Blockchain initiatives by Telcos (1/3)
Player Area Blockchain initiative(s)
Verizon IOT
[Aug 2015] Allow industrial assets to act as autonomous agents.
These agents can then communicate via long-range, decentralised
mesh networks and transact data using Blockchain and smart
contracts.
Orange
Silicon
Valley
Enterprise
Blockchain
Solutions
[June 2015] ChainForce, an initiative aimed to encourage
established companies and start-ups to explore new Blockchain
technologies and use cases.
Verizon
Ventures
IOT
[August 2015] Verizon Ventures invested in a Blockchain start-up,
Filament, that is developing a product that uses both the Bitcoin
and Ethereum networks to enable IoT devices to be tracked, and to
transact, on a public ledger system
Orange
Digital
Ventures
Enterprise
Blockchain
Solutions
[September 2015] Invested in Blockchain start-up, Chain, which is
developing enterprise-grade Blockchain solutions for the financial
industry and other transactional services

Verizon
Digital Rights
Management
[May 2016] DRM system that maintain a list of passcodes in a
passcode Blockchain that would do digital rights authentication and
automatic payment distribution. Also, IoT device management.
Du
Healthcare &
Loyalty /
Tourism
[May 2016] A pilot programme which uses Blockchain technology to
facilitate secure transmission of electronic health records (EHRs)
Also, Blockchain-enabled loyalty solutions for tourism (Dubai
Points)
AT&T Device Security
[Apr 2016] Patent filed for a decentralized and distributed secure
home subscriber server device.
NTT
DoCoMo
Financial
Services
[Feb 2016] Funding research towards the development of new
financial services using Blockchain. A joint collaborative initiative of
ORIX Corporation, ORIX Bank Corporation, The Shizuoka Bank, Ltd,
NTT Data Corporation and NTT DOCOMO Ventures Inc.

KPN
Network &
Infrastructure
Security
Trying Blockchain technology to ensure the integrity of its
Networks and datacentres, especially in the era of NFV/SDN.
Telstra Mobile Banking
Researching Blockchain companies that could assist it in profiting
from mobile banking boom.
Telstra
Ventures
FinTech
It has also invested in over 25 enterprises that are developing
Blockchain-based solutions, many of which are Fintech ventures.

Way Forward
For Telcos
Orchestrate
Economic Advantage
Establish Circle of
Trust
Learn fast and keep
an open mind

References
https://youtu.be/PLEZgCiZRfEhttps://www.infosys.com/blockchain/#block-chain/
https://www.edureka.co/blockchain-training

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UNICOM Trainings & Seminars Pvt. Ltd.
contact@unicomlearning.com
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Annexure

Blockchain – The definition
A Blockchain is a magic computer that anyone can
upload programs to and leave the programs to
self-execute, where the current and all previous
states of every program are always publicly visible,
and which carries a very strong crypto
economically secured guarantee that programs
running on the chain will continue to execute in
exactly the way that the Blockchain protocol
specifies.
- Vitalik Buterin

Types of Blockchain
Transaction Public Consortium or Federated Private
Send Anyone Limited Centralized
Approve Anyone Few members Centralized
Read Anyone Limited Limited
Characteristics Public Consortium or Federated Private
Speed of Transactions
Slower
(Approval frequency: 10min or
more)
Faster
(Approval frequency:
100x msec)
Faster
(Approval frequency:
100x msec)
Participant
Identity
Anonymous or
Pseudonymous
Known (trusted) identities Known (trusted) identities
Blockchain Governance
No centralized
management
Multiple organizations Single organization
Consensus Mechanism
Proof of Work or Proof of
stake
Voting or multi-party
consensus algorithm
Voting or multi-party
consensus algorithm
Energy
Consumption
Higher Efficient Efficient
Assets Native Asset Any Asset Any Asset

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