The U.S.’ fourth-largest mobile network operator Sprint has partnered with blockchain startup NXM Labs to launch a 5G connected car platform powered by blockchain technology, the companies confirmed June 20.
Sprint, which served 54 million US customers as of October 2017, will use the platform and its LTE network to provide passengers with mobile wifi, vehicle health monitoring and what it describes as the world’s “first blockchain powered Internet-of-Things (IoT) security system that guards against hackers.”
“Through the power of blockchain technology, NXM provides an advanced level of security and advanced capabilities to vehicles that might not otherwise have it, even extending Wi-Fi,” Ivo Rook, senior vice-president of IoT for Sprint said in an accompanying press release.
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