# Helium Mobile

By [rose](https://paragraph.com/@oasisrose) · 2023-08-11

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USV has been an investor in [the Helium network](https://www.helium.foundation/) since 2019. I have always loved the idea of using web3 technologies to let consumers to “peer produce” a communications network creating [a people-powered network](https://avc.com/2019/06/helium/).

Helium started out powering communications between low-power “Internet of Things (IOT)” devices but with [the introduction of Helium Mobile back in May](https://blog.hellohelium.com/helium-mobile-beta-is-here/), they are now powering a cell phone network.

My friend Stephen started using Helium Mobile last month and so I decided to join him. I [signed up for Helium Mobile](https://hellohelium.com/) yesterday ($25/month but free during the beta period) and added it as a second SIM on my phone.

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/b1ef5f5afb41e6c1673d142c3de1a18db2f794e85ed1be8302c13331876eb9ee.png)

Now on the upper right of my home screen, I have two cell networks instead of one:

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/019a538a09943b7d3b4e9cdddf478cab0598e87fa3d5a5015c53b02dfd8546a8.png)

For now, I am going to use Helium Mobile alongside my primary carrier, T-Mobile, but I do plan to eventually scrap T-Mobile and use Helium Mobile exclusively.

Helium Mobile offers members the opportunity to earn [Mobile tokens](https://www.coinbase.com/price/helium-mobile) by sharing your location with the network. They call this “mapping”. I turned that on yesterday and should start seeing Mobile tokens in my Helium Mobile app today.

If you want to join me as a Helium Mobile customer, you can [do that here](https://hellohelium.com/).

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*Originally published on [rose](https://paragraph.com/@oasisrose/helium-mobile)*