Consortium governance
Membership, voting, upgrade and exit rules written down and agreed with participants before the network goes live.
Industry context
Blockchain platforms and networks in telecoms
We set up permissioned ledgers that several organisations run together, with the governance, identity and integration each member needs.
A permissioned ledger is shared infrastructure, so most of the work is governance: who runs nodes, who can join, how keys are issued and how members agree upgrades. We set up the network, the identity and membership model and the integration with each member's systems, and we document the operating rules every participant signs up to.
Telecom operators change their networks in agreed windows, under the obligations of TDRA in the UAE or CST in Saudi Arabia, and their customers notice every outage. Network engineers, product managers and care teams need to see the impact of each change on service before it is approved. Shared ledgers in the region often include government or regulated members, so data residency, the UAE PDPL, the Saudi PDPL and each member's sector regulator shape what may be written to the ledger.
We hand over with runbooks and training, and can stay on under agreed service levels.
Alongside sector regulation, we often map delivery evidence to cross-industry baselines such as the UAE Information Assurance Regulation issued by TDRA, the NCA Essential Cybersecurity Controls in Saudi Arabia and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, which many risk reviewers already use.
How the work is organised
From design to stable operation, with the evidence the network operations centre, regulatory affairs and product leadership ask for.
Node and identity operations
Node hosting, certificate authorities and key issuance designed so each member controls its own identities and data.
Integration with member systems
Adapters that post to and read from the ledger without duplicating records already held in each member's core systems.
Telecom regulation
We map delivery evidence to the operator obligations set by TDRA in the UAE or the Communications, Space and Technology Commission in Saudi Arabia, including subscriber data protection requirements where they apply.
Data placement rules
Rules for what is written on the ledger and what stays off it, so personal data is not stored where it cannot be erased.
Network operations
Monitoring, upgrades and incident handling shared between members under a written operating agreement.
Checks before you start
A shared ledger is worth building when several parties need the same record and none of them should hold it alone.
- The regulatory reporting obligations the change touches have been listed.
- At least two organisations have agreed to share the ledger and named an owner on each side.
- The members have agreed which data goes on the ledger and which stays in their own systems.
Plan blockchain platforms and networks in telecoms
Share your current systems, compliance themes and timeline. We will return a phased plan, a staffing model and a risk register for your stakeholders to review.