Blockchain for Telecom Training Course

Introduction

• Beyond Bitcoin: Blockchain technology as a breakthrough across all industries
• The looming challenge that all Telecoms face

Overview of the Blockchain Landscape

• History and Background
• Companies using Blockchain

Blockchain Usage

• Payment systems
• Cryptocurrencies
• Royalty collection

Cryptocurrency Security

• Bitcoin pseudo-anonymity
• Security measures
• Wallet backup and restore

Mining and Transactions

• Digital assets
• Distributed ledgers
• Networks and nodes
• Cryptography
• Proof and distributed consensus
• Pools and scripting

Centralised vs. Decentralised Blockchains

• Centralised blockchain
• Decentralised blockchain

Use Cases and Opportunities for Telecom Providers

• Verification of outgoing calls
  • Identity-as-a-Service
• Fraud detection and prevention
  • Roaming and in-subscription identity management
  • Smart contracts
  • Transparency of transactions
• Secure IoT connectivity
  • Ensuring communication between IoT devices
• Enabling of 5G
  • Handling heterogeneous access nodes and diverse access mechanisms
• Ensuring the integrity of the network
  • Enabling selection mechanisms for new access technology
• Payment methods
  • Cryptocurrencies
• New competitors on the Telecom horizon

Summary and Conclusion

• The future of Blockchain and Telecom