\tLIVE FROM MOBILE 360 LATIN AMERICA, MEXICO CITY: The co-chairman of Carrier Blockchain Study Group (CBSG) identified Latin America as an area full of potential for the technology, prompting the organisation to launch a recruitment drive in the region.<\/p>\n
During a session on security, Ling Wu (pictured) said the region had a huge opportunity to benefit from blockchain technologies, citing potential new business for operators in enabling secure identity verification services and international mobile financial transactions.<\/p>\n
As of its latest update in February 2019, CBSG had 15 operator members, largely based in Africa and Asia. It also counts US operator Sprint among its backers.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe cover Asia, Middle East and Africa but not Latin America. The reason I\u2019m here is we want to correct that mistake,” Wu said<\/p>\n
The organisation was founded in 2017 by SoftBank and technology company TBCAsoft and has a number of working groups covering specific elements of blockchain.<\/p>\n
TBCAsoft develops the platforms to deliver on the group\u2019s aims and is also led by Wu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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