Sprint is considered to be the fourth-largest telecom provider in the US, according to data from Statista, after Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile. The partnership is still in its early stages, according to CoinDesk, as the three companies said that joint trials will begin in June 2017, leveraging a platform developed by TBCASoft to connect the telecom’s systems together.
Furthermore, a number of companies in the space have sought to obtain patents related to blockchain in the past two years, including AT&T, British Telecommunications PLC and Verizon.
Like Sprint, some telecoms have sought collaborative efforts around blockchain. Swisscom, which is state-owned, became a member of the Linux Foundation-led Hyperledger blockchain project in December 2016. Others, including Orange, France-based, have moved to invest in the space directly.
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