The World Needs More Helium
Summary
<h4><em>The Helium Foundation Commits $50 Million in Grant Funding to Drive Strategic Coverage</em></h4><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*DhtBoZcb6f8uL7Xx3DCzog.png" /></figure><p>Helium was conceived on the promise of cost-effective wireless that’s powered by the people. Today, the Network connects over one million people per day and is trusted by some of the largest mobile carriers in the world to expand their coverage footprint. From the enterprise scale to small business and municipal, the Network is generating its largest social impact to date. As demand for Helium Network coverage is greater than ever, now is the time to look to the future and double-down on our shared success.</p><p>In that spirit, we’re thrilled to announce our largest grant initiative ever: Starting today, the Helium Foundation is committing <a href="https://www.helium.com/grant">$50 Million in grants</a> to support deployers and accelerate the buildout of Helium coverage, and promote accessibility. We’ll continue to drive down the cost of deployment to bring affordable connectivity to as many people as possible.</p><p>Newly announced collaborations with major carriers <a href="https://www.fierce-network.com/newswire/att-partners-helium-better-wi-fi-offload">AT&T</a> and <a href="https://www.telefonica.com/en/communication-room/press-room/telefonica-mexico-bringing-helium-network-2-million-subscribers-mexico/">Telefónica’s Movistar</a> highlight Helium’s momentum, enabling seamless connectivity for almost a million daily users while empowering Hotspot operators to contribute to the network’s growth. At the same time, <a href="https://heliummobile.com/">Helium Mobile</a>, the Network’s eponymous carrier, will soon eclipse 250k subscriber sign-ups, and has inspired a <a href="https://heliumvote.com/hnt/proposals/C6L7ir2X96xY4KP15FH4pjwbTC4e8jEgZdH4Hg1yPja1">second Helium-native carrier</a> to launch outside the U.S. in the near future. These milestones signal a new phase where Helium’s economic model is set to scale rapidly, closing coverage gaps and reshaping global connectivity.</p><p>Decentralized wireless is about empowerment at the most local levels. Helium was built to give anyone the means to deploy new wireless coverage for their neighborhood, business, favorite arena, transportation hub, or any other underserved area, all while earning as a network deployer. The Foundation is excited to boost its financial contribution to incentivize a lower cost of connectivity and support the builders who make it possible.</p><p>Explore the new coverage grant initiative at <a href="https://www.helium.com/grant">helium.com/grant</a>. The program launches in New York City this week with plans to scale across the United States and Mexico for the duration of 2025. As the Network onboards more mobile service providers and offload partners outside North America, the Foundation remains eager to support cost-effective connectivity around the world. Let’s keep building!</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*EwTS5r7O3TKY-WWqdHkT6g.png" /></figure><p>Starting in January of this year, the Foundation began ramping up its grants to teams that can best sustain and grow Helium’s decentralized network. This includes investments and commitments across the Mobile and IoT Networks.</p><ul><li><strong>Scale coverage: </strong>In addition to protocol incentives, the Foundation is committed to accelerating adoption of decentralized wireless by supporting regional communities and deployers’ efforts to install radios and add coverage to underserved areas to benefit any service provider. Over the next two years the Foundation is committing up to $50 million in coverage grants to boost incentives for deployers and improve the decentralized wireless footprint to benefit all types of users.</li><li><strong>Support innovators and builders:</strong> The Foundation has already begun to ramp up financial support of decentralized wireless including case studies of applications that leverage these Networks, fund enablement services and products, scale education efforts, and other opportunistic strategic initiatives.</li><li><strong>Fund more education and open development:</strong> As a US non-profit, we can evangelize and speak authentically to industry benefits in ways that are demonstrably different from commercial organizations. We will promote a diversity of use-cases which represent a range of stakeholders, large and small, charitable and for-profit — the full gamut of what decentralized wireless has to offer. Helium still represents the best use-case of crypto and the Foundation will continue to advocate for the greater adoption of decentralized wireless.</li></ul><p>Learn more about the <a href="https://www.helium.com/grant">new coverage grant program</a> here or visit the <a href="https://www.helium.foundation/grants">Helium Foundation grant page</a> to submit your proposal.</p><p>If you have a project or initiative that doesn’t fall into the defined funding categories, you can still apply for funding. Otherwise the team can be reached at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> and we’ll do our best to get back to all reasonable inquiries.</p><p>We remain steadfast in our mission to support the growth of decentralized wireless and all the areas where it will have a positive impact on society.</p><p>Onward!</p><img alt="" height="1" src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=4f12a654d558" width="1" /><hr /><p><a href="https://blog.helium.com/coverage-grants-4f12a654d558">The World Needs More Helium</a> was originally published in <a href="https://blog.helium.com">The Helium Blog</a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.</p>
<h4><em>The Helium Foundation Commits $50 Million in Grant Funding to Drive Strategic Coverage</em></h4><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*DhtBoZcb6f8uL7Xx3DCzog.png" /></figure><p>Helium was conceived on the promise of cost-effective wireless that’s powered by the people. Today, the Network connects over one million people per day and is trusted by some of the largest mobile carriers in the world to expand their coverage footprint. From the enterprise scale to small business and municipal, the Network is generating its largest social impact to date. As demand for Helium Network coverage is greater than ever, now is the time to look to the future and double-down on our shared success.</p><p>In that spirit, we’re thrilled to announce our largest grant initiative ever: Starting today, the Helium Foundation is committing <a href="https://www.helium.com/grant">$50 Million in grants</a> to support deployers and accelerate the buildout of Helium coverage, and promote accessibility. We’ll continue to drive down the cost of deployment to bring affordable connectivity to as many people as possible.</p><p>Newly announced collaborations with major carriers <a href="https://www.fierce-network.com/newswire/att-partners-helium-better-wi-fi-offload">AT&T</a> and <a href="https://www.telefonica.com/en/communication-room/press-room/telefonica-mexico-bringing-helium-network-2-million-subscribers-mexico/">Telefónica’s Movistar</a> highlight Helium’s momentum, enabling seamless connectivity for almost a million daily users while empowering Hotspot operators to contribute to the network’s growth. At the same time, <a href="https://heliummobile.com/">Helium Mobile</a>, the Network’s eponymous carrier, will soon eclipse 250k subscriber sign-ups, and has inspired a <a href="https://heliumvote.com/hnt/proposals/C6L7ir2X96xY4KP15FH4pjwbTC4e8jEgZdH4Hg1yPja1">second Helium-native carrier</a> to launch outside the U.S. in the near future. These milestones signal a new phase where Helium’s economic model is set to scale rapidly, closing coverage gaps and reshaping global connectivity.</p><p>Decentralized wireless is about empowerment at the most local levels. Helium was built to give anyone the means to deploy new wireless coverage for their neighborhood, business, favorite arena, transportation hub, or any other underserved area, all while earning as a network deployer. The Foundation is excited to boost its financial contribution to incentivize a lower cost of connectivity and support the builders who make it possible.</p><p>Explore the new coverage grant initiative at <a href="https://www.helium.com/grant">helium.com/grant</a>. The program launches in New York City this week with plans to scale across the United States and Mexico for the duration of 2025. As the Network onboards more mobile service providers and offload partners outside North America, the Foundation remains eager to support cost-effective connectivity around the world. Let’s keep building!</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*EwTS5r7O3TKY-WWqdHkT6g.png" /></figure><p>Starting in January of this year, the Foundation began ramping up its grants to teams that can best sustain and grow Helium’s decentralized network. This includes investments and commitments across the Mobile and IoT Networks.</p><ul><li><strong>Scale coverage: </strong>In addition to protocol incentives, the Foundation is committed to accelerating adoption of decentralized wireless by supporting regional communities and deployers’ efforts to install radios and add coverage to underserved areas to benefit any service provider. Over the next two years the Foundation is committing up to $50 million in coverage grants to boost incentives for deployers and improve the decentralized wireless footprint to benefit all types of users.</li><li><strong>Support innovators and builders:</strong> The Foundation has already begun to ramp up financial support of decentralized wireless including case studies of applications that leverage these Networks, fund enablement services and products, scale education efforts, and other opportunistic strategic initiatives.</li><li><strong>Fund more education and open development:</strong> As a US non-profit, we can evangelize and speak authentically to industry benefits in ways that are demonstrably different from commercial organizations. We will promote a diversity of use-cases which represent a range of stakeholders, large and small, charitable and for-profit — the full gamut of what decentralized wireless has to offer. Helium still represents the best use-case of crypto and the Foundation will continue to advocate for the greater adoption of decentralized wireless.</li></ul><p>Learn more about the <a href="https://www.helium.com/grant">new coverage grant program</a> here or visit the <a href="https://www.helium.foundation/grants">Helium Foundation grant page</a> to submit your proposal.</p><p>If you have a project or initiative that doesn’t fall into the defined funding categories, you can still apply for funding. Otherwise the team can be reached at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> and we’ll do our best to get back to all reasonable inquiries.</p><p>We remain steadfast in our mission to support the growth of decentralized wireless and all the areas where it will have a positive impact on society.</p><p>Onward!</p><img alt="" height="1" src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=4f12a654d558" width="1" /><hr /><p><a href="https://blog.helium.com/coverage-grants-4f12a654d558">The World Needs More Helium</a> was originally published in <a href="https://blog.helium.com">The Helium Blog</a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.</p>