Endaga Raises $1.2M to Bring Cellular Coverage Everywhere
Endaga announced that they completed a $1.2 million round of seed funding, to help advance their mission of bringing cellular access to the more than one billion people around the world who lack it. Endaga's answer to bringing cellular access everywhere is to empower local communities to run cellular networks themselves. There's been a lot of momentum in the international development community to empower local people to solve local problems. The thinking behind local ownership is that that's the best way to ensure sustainable development and growth. In the last five years, the cost of....
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There's now a low-cost wireless carrier here in the United States that's willing to accept your bitcoin, litecoin, and yes, even dogecoin to pay for cellular service. They are RingPlus, and chances are you haven't heard of them before. The Los Angeles-based provider offers wireless plans from $1.99 to $33.00 per month, and says they aren't in the business of selling cellular phones. Rather, they're responsible for the coverage, and the end user can use any Sprint-approved device on their network (which if you haven't guessed, appears to piggyback on Sprint's wireless infrastructure). "We....
Blockchain startup OXIO raised a $12 million Series A to make “Telecom-as-a-Service” as common as SaaS.
The transition to Solana would improve network scalability, which in turn would bring “significant economies of scale” to the network, according to Helium core devs. Internet of Things (IoT) blockchain network Helium could transition to the Solana blockchain following a new HIP 70 governance proposal launched on Aug. 30. The Helium core developers said the need to “improve operational efficiency and scalability” was required in order to bring “significant economies of scale” to the network. The Helium network operates by users installing a Helium Hotspot to provide decentralized wireless....
On December 19th, 2013, it was reported that European cellular carrier Mobile Vikings would begin accepting bitcoin payments. The carrier serves The Netherlands, Belgium, and Poland, and has preliminary statistics on just how bitcoin is doing with their service. "We have reached almost 100 payments via Bitcoin the past days," said Dorien Aerts, Chief Marketing Officer at the company in a statement to newsBTC. Despite that relatively small number, Mobile Vikings is pleased with the amount of transactions they've received in the digital currency. Aerts told me that it's "more than expected....
The project's developers cites Solana's ability to improve efficiency as scalability as reasons for the move. On Thursday, the Helium Foundation announced that it would be moving its mainnet to the Solana blockchain following a community vote. According to the proposal, proof-of-coverage and Data transfer mechanisms will be moved to Helium Oracles. It’s official! The HIP 70 vote has ended. #Helium will be moving to the @Solana blockchain! pic.twitter.com/V2WIajou7R— Helium (@helium) September 22, 2022 Meanwhile, Helium's tokens and governance will relocate to that of the Solana....