According to Cointelegraph, the decentralized telecom infrastructure project Helium has announced a partnership with the U.S. telecom giant AT&T to integrate its community-built WiFi network into the AT&T service system. Under the agreement, AT&T users can now access more than 93,500 hotspot nodes globally covered by Helium (mainly in the U.S.), which are operated by individuals and businesses and maintained through digital asset incentives to expand the network.

Helium Mobile CEO Amir Haleem stated that this collaboration will accelerate the commercialization of decentralized networks, allowing users to achieve automatic authentication access via AT&T's Passpoint WiFi roaming service. Currently, Helium's network has more than 800,000 daily active users; it previously reached a similar agreement with the Mexican telecom company Telefónica and plans to launch the U.S.'s first free mobile plan in February 2025.