Helium’s scale, retail adoption, and active consumer network give it a massive head start GEODNET hasn’t matched yet!
Helium’s scale, retail adoption, and active consumer network give it a massive head start GEODNET hasn’t matched yet!
GEODNET powers Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) satellite correction data — a foundational layer for:
• Autonomous vehicles and drones
• Precision agriculture
• Construction and surveying
• Telecom towers and satellite backhaul
This infrastructure is consumed continuously by machines that don’t sleep, pause, or turn off. Demand is predictable and always-on.
Helium Mobile must navigate:
• FCC regulations
• SIM provisioning
• MVNO contracts
• 911 compliance
GEODNET, on the other hand:
• Operates in an unlicensed GNSS augmentation layer
• Faces zero telecom regulatory hurdles
Can deploy globally without bureaucratic bottlenecks
• Avoids Helium’s multi-token complexity (HNT, IOT, MOBILE)
• Rewards are tied to data value, not uptime alone
• Keeps emissions tighter and aligned with enterprise-grade usage
• Reduces inflation and ensures sustainable token velocity
• Over 1 million nodes deployed
• Covers both IoT (LoRaWAN) and 5G/Mobile
• No other DePIN project comes close in scale, reach, or mindshare
The $2 trillion+ mobile market is up for grabs. Helium Mobile’s MVNO deal with T-Mobile includes:
• Nationwide fallback coverage
• A clear onboarding path for retail users
• Proof-of-Coverage mechanisms linked to real-world mobile usage
Helium is the only DePIN network delivering live, consumer-facing mobile service at scale.
• Consumer buys a SIM
• Uses the network
Generates data usage
• Gets rewarded
What do you think?
Just in terms of deployments and getting users involved, GEODNET is limited by its large hexes for user participation.
This kind of puts a wrench in the flywheel, whereas Helium is going viral with its subscriber base.