dTelecom (DTEL)

What is dTelecom? 🤔

dTelecom is a DePIN protocol and communication network on Solana that aims to offer developers and AI companies infrastructure for voice, text-to-speech, speech-to-text and voice creation. It was founded by Petr Malyukov (co-founder) of the AI translation app YOUS, and Vadim Filimonov (CTO), ex-CTO of an audio networking app that raised €10M+ and reached 1M+ DAU, Connect.Club. By design, dTelecom project is a decentralized marketplace that lets node operators with hardware strong enough to meet the requirements supply bandwidth to companies in need of those resources and receive 75% of customer payments. With this distributed node model, the team claims its services are 50–95% cheaper than Twilio, Agora and LiveKit. It is powered by a horizontally scalable WebRTC Selective Forwarding Unit (SFU), built on LiveKit’s open-source media server. There, each participant uploads one stream, and the server forwards it to everyone else in the call, which keeps latency and server load low.

On top of that, the dTelecom crypto platform adds a multi-region node mesh with cascading to enable the spread of a single call across several nodes and user connections to the nearest node at sub-100ms latency. On top of that, dTelecom company offers several extra features like speaker detection, simulcast, selective subscription, moderation APIs, and a Base x402 gateway to support AI agent USDC payments on Solana or Base. According to Dune, the project has processed 213M+ minutes of voice and video as well as 1.6M+ meetings conducted. It is also claimed to be a #2 by payment volume on x402. However, as of October 2026, the x402 volume equals only ~$19M in adjusted volume generated throughout October 2025 – April 2026.

🪙 dTelecom token:

$DTEL is the confirmed native token of the dTelecom Solana DePIN platform. As of October 2026, the token hasn’t been launched yet, however, the project has already disclosed a token distribution model where 50% of the supply is going to be allocated to the community. Planned utility includes node staking (~$10K in $DTEL per node), fees, governance, and payment discounts, while 5% of client payments are set to go to token burns. The dTelecom TGE date target has shifted from early/Q2 2026 to Q3–Q4 2026. Since November 17, 2025, it has been running a points farming campaign, rewarding those who actively engage with its ecosystem for hosting and joining dMeet calls, FROGY quests, referrals, and staking SOL with the dTelecom DePIN Solana validator. At TGE, holders will be able to convert into the dTelecom airdrop with the ability to either receive all rewards at TGE or get an option to double the airdrop rewards but receive only 25% of the allocation at TGE - the rest will vest over 24 months.

✅ dTelecom pros:

• Good concept and design of the product: DePIN for AI, video and streaming with integrated AI agent payments;
• Doxxed founders with relevant backgrounds at YOUS and Connect.Club;
• Partnerships and grants from Solana Foundation, Google, ElevenLabs and peaq;
• Confirmed token launch with 50% to be allocated for airdrops at and after TGE;
• Good digital marketing score.

❌ dTelecom cons:

• No info about the project’s revenue, while usage stats are self-reported and not tracked on DefiLlama;
• No public security audit found;
• All nodes are currently operated by the team, so the network is not yet decentralized in practice;
• TGE has been pushed back several times;
• No top-tier backers have invested in the project.