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For whatever reason, SMS operators in India rely on blockchain to validate SMS templates and customer’s do-not-disturb settings. For a sense of scale, SMS is a

For whatever reason, SMS operators in India rely on blockchain to validate SMS templates and customer’s do-not-disturb settings. For a sense of scale, SMS is a 12.5 billion dollar business in India.

petesergeant 4y ago
Do you have a link to more information about this? EDIT: So doing some googling finds that Telecom Regulatory Authority of India implemented “Distributed Ledger Technology” for fighting spam, but roll-out seems to have lasted not long (a week? A month?) because it didn’t work (didn’t scale?) and every so often tech vendors suggest they’re going to re-do it? Honestly there’s a lot of promo articles and conflicting information that I’m struggling to understand what’s going on there, my take-away is that it’s not currently being used because it didn’t work?
- timbray 4y ago
  crickets
  - saimiam 4y ago
    https://www.fast2sms.com/help/dlt-sms-faq/ https://www.fast2sms.com/help/dlt-sms-faq/ Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) is a blockchain based online panel where the record of entities, sender ID and message templates will be maintained in a safe and secure manner. The whole panel entities will be interlinked with each other thereby regulating the fraudulent practices and creating a transparent SMS sending mechanism.
- ricochet11 4y ago
  couldnt find this, but given the india connection at a guess probably something on polygon. there are other india anti-corruption uses on polygon too e.g. police complaints records https://twitter.com/firozabadpolice/status/1579470713123405825?s=20&t=-u9_H-ph8FEySBqPohqJwA https://twitter.com/firozabadpolice/status/15794707131234058...
- saimiam 4y ago
  I work (well, serving out my notice period) for an SMS aggregator in India. All SMS operators in India use blockchain to manage SMS marketing campaigns https://dltconnect.airtel.in https://dltconnect.airtel.in - for context, Airtel is India's largest GSM provider. https://www.tanla.com https://www.tanla.com - the best known DLT-as-a-service provider in India. DLT (branded as being built on blockchain) is alive and well in India.

petesergeant 4y ago

Do you have a link to more information about this? EDIT: So doing some googling finds that Telecom Regulatory Authority of India implemented “Distributed Ledger Technology” for fighting spam, but roll-out seems to have lasted not long (a week? A month?) because it didn’t work (didn’t scale?) and every so often tech vendors suggest they’re going to re-do it? Honestly there’s a lot of promo articles and conflicting information that I’m struggling to understand what’s going on there, my take-away is that it’s not currently being used because it didn’t work?

timbray 4y ago
crickets
- saimiam 4y ago
  https://www.fast2sms.com/help/dlt-sms-faq/ https://www.fast2sms.com/help/dlt-sms-faq/ Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) is a blockchain based online panel where the record of entities, sender ID and message templates will be maintained in a safe and secure manner. The whole panel entities will be interlinked with each other thereby regulating the fraudulent practices and creating a transparent SMS sending mechanism.
ricochet11 4y ago
couldnt find this, but given the india connection at a guess probably something on polygon. there are other india anti-corruption uses on polygon too e.g. police complaints records https://twitter.com/firozabadpolice/status/1579470713123405825?s=20&t=-u9_H-ph8FEySBqPohqJwA https://twitter.com/firozabadpolice/status/15794707131234058...
saimiam 4y ago
I work (well, serving out my notice period) for an SMS aggregator in India. All SMS operators in India use blockchain to manage SMS marketing campaigns https://dltconnect.airtel.in https://dltconnect.airtel.in - for context, Airtel is India's largest GSM provider. https://www.tanla.com https://www.tanla.com - the best known DLT-as-a-service provider in India. DLT (branded as being built on blockchain) is alive and well in India.