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Noble Mobile Acquires Helium Mobile

By adding Helium’s crowd-built hotspot network, Noble expands low-cost coverage while leaving Helium’s crypto governance intact.

Overview

  • The companies announced the acquisition Tuesday, with financial terms not disclosed and both firms saying short-term service for customers will remain unchanged.
  • Noble will begin using the Helium Network’s roughly 138,000–139,000 community-run hotspots to augment its T‑Mobile‑leased 5G coverage and expand its $50/month low-cost MVNO offering.
  • Nova Labs will keep the Helium Network business and HNT token governance under the Helium DAO and will refocus on selling multi-year data‑offload deals to large carriers.
  • Helium Mobile’s existing subscribers can expect to keep their phone numbers and maintain access to the same T‑Mobile powered 5G service during the transition, company executives said.
  • The deal raises questions for some community members about a consumer arm moving to a single operator, even as Helium’s network usage and the token’s mint‑and‑burn economics continue to support hotspot rewards.