The brief

Analyst view

• 120,000+ hotspots across USA, Mexico; carrier partnerships with AT&T, Movistar; international roaming in 100+ countries.
• HeliumOS: carrier-enablement platform with BSS/OSS, Wi-Fi offload, analytics for building on Helium's network.
• Helium Mobile acquired by Noble Mobile in June 2026; Noble adopted HeliumOS as its operating system.

Technical approach

As reported

Community hotspots

Distributed radio access network

Community members deploy Helium hotspots and earn HNT tokens for relaying data, creating a network owned by users.

LoRaWAN IoT

Long-range, low-power wireless

Helium provides LoRaWAN coverage for IoT devices. LoRa covers longer distances with less power than cellular.

5G mobile

Community 5G for indoor and edge

Helium Mobile offloads traffic from carriers to community hotspots, especially indoors where 70–80% of data consumption happens.

HeliumOS platform

Software stack for carriers and MVNOs

HeliumOS provides BSS/OSS, Wi-Fi offload, analytics and integration tools for third-party operators.

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