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The Hyperledger Telecom Special Interest Group invites partners from industry and academia to submit proposals to be considered in Guest Speaker/Solution Brief/Proof of concept/Reference Architectures.

We are particularly interested in topics related to the use of Blockchain, Distributed Ledger and Smart Contracts technology in Telecommunications, Networks, Internet of Things, Cloud Computing, Edge Computing.

Read more about how to submit your idea or project to the group.

Benefits for You:

1- Take advantage of sharing your blockchain efforts with the Hyperledger community and on Hyperledger's channels which reach over 100k followers on our social media accounts. 

2- Discuss and develop your ideas with a network of industry and academic leaders who are interested in collaborating with others on applying blockchain in the telecom space.

3- The Hyperledger community is structured so that you can learn from others in the community and you're also able to connect with people who are interested in learning from you.

4- Hyperledger runs a yearly paid mentorship program that community members are encouraged to create project proposals for.  All accepted projects will get the support of Hyperledger staff with finding a mentee and paying them for their work on that project.

Accepted Contributions:

1- Technical Talks

2- Developing use cases into White Papers

3- Hyperledger Labs support for open source contribution

Possible Themes

1. Software Defined networking (SDN)/NFV and blockchain
2. 5G and blockchain
3. Open RAN (O-RAN) and blockchain
4. Enhancing Security in Telecom Domain and blockchain
5. IoT and blockchain
6. Roaming and blockchain

What Hyperledger offers:  David Boswell

Telecom SIG previous Publications:

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2 https://www.lfedge.org/2021/02/25/decentralized-id-and-access-management-diam-for-iot-networks/

Current Collaborators:

1. Linux Foundation Networking
2. Linux Foundation Edge

Open call for Telecom SIG Collaborators:

   Feel Free to add <Name here>

Possible Themes

1. SDN
2. 5G
3. O RAN
4. Security in Telecom Domain (DDos, Black List)
5. IOT
6. Roaming
7. Private 5G (Small Cell) and blockchain
8. Digital twinning and blockchain
9. Edge Computing and blockchain
10. Cooperative and Connected Mobility

Open for:

1. Universities
2. Startups
3. Telecom Companies

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Showcase Area:

1. Use cases from startups

Standard Bodies:

1. ETSI
2. ITU
3. IEEE

Foundations:

1. with blockchain
2. Inter-Carrier Settlement/ BSS
3. Counter-fit or Fraud Prevention
4. E-Sim security using Blockchain
5. Telecom Protocols for Blockchain
6. Reference Architecture for Blockchain
7. Telecom User Group( TUG )use cases with Blockchain

Telecom SIG previous Publications:

 1. Optimizing Wholesale Intercarrier Settlement with Hyperledger Fabric Blockchain

 2. Decentralized ID and Access Management (DIAM) for IoT Networks

Current Collaborators:

Open for:

1. Universities
2. Startups
3. Telecom Companies
4. Standardization Bodies

Submissions
Proposals should be submitted electronically online via email to telecom-sig+owner@lists.hyperledger.org