Most common questions about Weaver Labs

In Weaver Labs, we have been developing software and constructing networks for the telecoms industry for a while.

Many don’t understand what Blockchain and NFTs have to do with our company, so here’s a list of frequently asked questions to steer clear of confusion.

Weaver Labs is a blockchain-software company building in the Telecoms sector, what’s your objective in this industry?

We aim to make networks more accessible by:

• Making the supply chain more diverse;
• Speeding up the process of connection adoption.

Our team focuses on two primary areas:

• Helping people who design and operate telecom networks in transitioning to a software-based platform to improve the user experience;
• Helping people who use networks by making connectivity simple to use and accessible.

Ok, understood. Now, what do you build?

Cell-Stack is software that manages the telecommunications infrastructure to be used as a service.

Simply put, it consolidates a region’s communication infrastructure into a shared pool of assets, allowing anyone to use it in an open market. Meaning this software sits between people who give telecoms connectivity and those who seek connectivity.

Our product enables network owners to manage their cloud-based assets like they would be using a traditional orchestration tool.

However, operational costs are reduced because everything is managed in a single location. This “Network as a Service” portal makes all the complicated parts of the network easier to understand by showing a list of open assets in the area.

Why a software-based marketplace for telecoms?

We wanted to create an open marketplace where people could share assets to bridge the telecom industry gap. Software platforms and as-a-service business models come are perfect for this purpose.

They are developed only once and then can be used to alter and resell the same product several times. A marketplace’s purpose is to facilitate people doing business with one another, reaching a balance of demand and supply.

At Weaver Labs, we’re focused on automating and simplifying these transactions using open networks.

Who and why does Cell-Stack collaborate with?

Two types of participants can interact in this ecosystem.

The supply side is anyone that owns infrastructure or connectivity services that want to sell or monetize their assets, including:

1. Neutral hosts, antennas, lamp posts & traffic lights where antennas can be mounted.
2. Fiber network providers, fixed-broadband network owners, and satellite networks.
3. Edge clouds and public clouds, such as Azure, AWS, and Google Clouds.
4. Local authorities and private network owners.

On the demand side of the marketplace, two types of consumers would want to access connectivity on demand:

1. Network Service Providers or anyone else with a stake in the network who wants to use a part of it.

For example, a private network owner can set up small cell deployments with a small investment in infrastructure and use core and transport network capabilities already available on the market.

1. Providers of applications and people who use the resources and services that are available to them.

These will need to be connected so that their applications can provide their services, use a lot of data, and make decisions automatically at the edge, like a smart junction sensor.

What is Blockchain’s role in all of this?

This is a great question and one that I love answering.

Cell Nodes are network components that run Cell-Stack and provide resources to the network. Cell-Nodes collaborate to form the Cell-Net overlay, which is a peer-to-peer network.

All nodes contribute telecom resources such as servers running telecom software, fiber networks, antennas, radio software, and edge computing resources.

Cell-Stack is what holds everything together. Because these independent contributors are notorious for not knowing or trusting one another, the overlay network must be controlled to ensure that transactions run smoothly.

This is where Blockchain steps into the game, as the blockchain layer manages the market and ensures that everyone on the network can trust one another. This is vital for market rules, bidding and price, metering, and a company’s reputation.

All transactions are recorded on a public ledger, ensuring security and transparency. Smart contracts are used to sign contracts and prevent fraud from occurring.

And what is the purpose of governance in the Cell Network?

From a governance standpoint, networks require the following:

• Counting how much each node in a network contributes to a resource
• Measuring the number of network resources used by each tenancy
• Service Level Agreements that keep up with the various types of services
• Enabling “Pay-as-you-go” transactions and ensuring proper settlement
• Ensuring that all contributions are compensated in full, using revenue sharing

What are the signs on the market that the world is ready for something like Cell-Stack?

Adoption is determined by two factors: technical and market readiness.

What was previously closed software integrated into a piece of hardware is now an open process that can be developed using standard software tools such as micro-services and API calls.

Software-based network upgrades enable the development of platforms to change how services are delivered.

Current telecoms infrastructure market dynamics indicate that Service Providers will access Infrastructure-as-a-Service across a broader set of network resources owned by various parties.