Today we sit down with Frank Mong COO at helium to unpack how DePIN can disrupt telecom from community-built coverage to the reality of a free mobile plan (and what it takes to make it work).
0:00 Intro
1:11 Welcome + guest intro (Frank Mong, Helium)
2:03 What is Helium? (simple overview)
6:22 How Helium disrupts telecom (cost + competition)
7:26 Can a phone plan be free? (the thesis)
9:10 Helium Mobile plans (Free / $15 / $30)
12:41 From crypto-first users to mainstream incentives
19:46 How people join the network (hotspots + examples)
26:09 Expansion: Mexico, Brazil + more regions
35:54 Why Solana
40:10 Security & fraud lessons
46:20 AI + network quality verification
56:32 What’s next in 2026
58:33 Outro / where to find Helium
Frank Mong X: https://x.com/fmong
