Cryptocurrencies
Dish Partners With Crypto Shop Helium to Help Expand 5G Network
- Dish will use Helium’s incentive model of paying for hotspots
- Helium was co-founded by Napster creator Shawn Fanning
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Dish Network Corp., which is in the process of building a fourth nationwide U.S. wireless network, has enlisted the help of Helium Inc. to extend 5G signals through customers’ hotspots.
The plan, announced Tuesday, calls for customers to install transmitters in their homes or offices. These devices work on unlicensed 5G airwaves and customers will be paid in cryptocurrency to host the hotspots.