Abstract: Systems and methods for allowing a user to control sharing of network bandwidth in a peer-to-peer environment are described herein. An example telecommunications device includes a user interface device, a processor and a memory device. The telecommunications device identifies one or more time parameters related to bandwidth sharing based on a first operation of the user interface device and identifies one or more bandwidth parameters related to bandwidth sharing based on a second operation of the user interface device. The telecommunications device allows one or more other devices access to one or more networks via one of the telecommunications device or a second device associated with the user, based at least on the identified one or more time parameters and the one or more bandwidth parameters.

Abstract: A telecommunication carrier may stitch data from multiple sources to support device automation and access control. A state may be assigned to a user of a user device at a telecommunication carrier based on a data stitch of information from multiple data sources. The data sources may include data on a geolocation of the user device. The state may be provided to a rules engine at a remote location via a carrier network of the telecommunication carrier. An indication from the rules engine that the user device is granted or denied access to one or more entities at the location based on the state may be received via the carrier network at the telecommunication carrier. In turn, the telecommunication carrier may provide the indication of the granted or denied access to the user device of the user.

Abstract: Described herein are techniques for receiving an alert associated with an entity and dynamically determining, based on the alert and on substantially real-time attributes for the entity, a geographically dispersed group in which each member of the geographically dispersed group either is a device associated with the entity or shares at least one attribute with the entity. The techniques further include requesting information about the entity from the geographically dispersed group, receiving information from at least a subset of the group, and taking action responsive to the alert based on the received information.

Abstract: A secure component of a telecommunication device is described herein. The secure component is configured to determine that a threshold amount of time has passed since reception of a heartbeat communication from a remote telecommunication server. In response to determining that the threshold amount of time has passed, the secure component performs at least one of preventing access to one or more services of the telecommunication device or deleting user data from the telecommunication device.