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.
For a sense of scale, SMS is a 12.5 billion dollar business in India.
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?
https://dltconnect.airtel.in - for context, Airtel is India's largest GSM provider. 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.
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.