Telefónica eases load with Helium’s OpenWiFi hotspots

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Source: Telefónica

In-depth: Investment’s “open-source” network of decentralised hotspots leveraged for mobile data offload through homegrown management platform. Tie-up initially focused on Mexico, to expand across LatAm markets, extend to other virtual operators, hopes to cut infra costs further…

This article includes:

  • Organisations: AT&T; Deutsche Telekom; Helium Foundation; Nova Labs; Solana; T-Mobile US; Telecom Infra Project (TIP); Telefónica Group; Telefónica Innovación Digital; Telefónica México; Wayra.
  • Geographic: Hispanoamérica (Hispam); Latin America (LatAm); Mexico; Mexico City; Oaxaca; United States (USA).
  • People: Abhay Kumar; Camilo Aya Caro.
  • Themes: 1663; 5G; Blockchain; Crypto; DeWi; Internet of Things (IoT); LoRa; OpenWiFi; Web3 Wi-Fi; Telefónica-Helium partnership.

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