Businesses across the U.S. and Mexico are finding a surprising new way to make extra money—by letting their existing Wi‑Fi routers work harder. Helium Mobile has rolled out a service called Helium Plus that rewards businesses for allowing their routers to offload mobile data traffic onto Wi‑Fi networks.
According to PhoneArena, this service doesn’t require buying new gear—just a simple software update. Cafés, malls, libraries, and other public Wi‑Fi providers can sign up, and whenever a mobile user’s device automatically switches from cellular to that trusted Wi‑Fi, Helium pays the business in Helium Network Tokens (HNT), a type of cryptocurrency.
Here’s how it works in plain language: imagine your customers’ phones automatically using your Wi‑Fi instead of 4G or 5G when they're in range. You don’t have to ask them to log in, and they don’t need to type a password. Your business simply shares unused bandwidth, and you get paid—sometimes significant sums.
In June alone, Helium rewarded hotspot hosts with over $300,000 worth of HNT for helping offload data from major carriers like Verizon, AT&T, and T‑Mobile.
It’s an innovative twist: rather than treating Wi‑Fi as only a customer convenience, businesses can now view it as a revenue stream. All it takes is updating your router’s software to become part of Helium’s crowdsourced wireless system.
You don’t need extra hardware or complicated setup, and there’s no direct cost to participate—just ongoing passive income for traffic you were going to handle anyway.
For small business owners, the headline is simple: if you already offer free Wi‑Fi, you could be earning crypto without changing anything your customers see. It’s a neat way to turn infrastructure you already have into another income source.
Source: PhoneArena
