RAKwireless, in collaboration with Cal-Chip Connected Devices Successfully Delivers 23,000 RAK Hotspot Miners to Helium Miners Across the Globe

Despite the unprecedented global supply chain disruptions throughout the past year, RAKwireless has successfully fulfilled strong demand for the RAK Hotspot miner. As of today, 80% of all deployed Helium hotspots are RAK Hotspot Miners.

SHENZHEN, China. April, 2, 2021 -  RAKwireless, the market leader in the globally evolving IoT landscape and trusted, top-tier Helium hotspot provider, announces today the successful production and distribution of more than 23,000 RAK Hotspot Miners to users across the world. The achievement is in collaboration with a trusted partner, Cal-Chip Connected Devices. The RAK Hotspot Miner is the only large output miner device available in the world. 

“Throughout the past year, we have experienced massive disruption throughout the global supply chain. This turmoil brought with it a shortage of supplies and components as we’ve never seen before. However, through ingenuity and steadfast commitment to our customers, RAKwireless was able to fulfill its provision for large outputs and stay ahead of demand,” says RAKwireless CEO Ken Yu. “This accomplishment represents not just a success for our product, but also serves as a testament to the resilience of our team. We are excited to see the reach of our People’s Network becoming stronger than ever before.”

This announcement marks a milestone in RAKwireless’ commitment to connect users and make mining accessible worldwide. The device makes mining easy through a quick set-up process where installation and build can be completed in just a few minutes. Users can then easily manage tokens and hotspots directly from their smartphones.

“We are honored to be a part of this exciting achievement for RAKwireless,” says Cal-Chip Connected Devices President TJ Rancour. “We look forward to continuing to move the needle forward for RAKwireless customers and make the RAK Hotspot Miner a household name for crypto enthusiasts across the globe.”

The RAK Hotspot Miner is a stable and tested solution for cryptocurrency miners that has been custom built to fit Helium’s specifications. Championing a quick and easy set-up model, the device uniquely functions as not only a Hotspot, but also a router and mine, all of it in just one place. The device connects to the Helium network through open-source blockchain technology, with the goal to empower developers to access and deploy the tool easily. Miners earn a cryptocurrency called Helium Tokens or HNT every time they provide a connection to the People’s Network through the RAK Hotspot Miner.

About RAKwireless

RAKwireless is a commmitted market leader in the globally evolving IoT landscape. The brand is passionate about eliminating design complexity and accelerating time-to-market for underserved and emerging markets, including open-source and industrial communities. Our goal is to create easy-to-deploy solutions and modular IoT products that are accessible for all. We are working to grow a community of system integrators, developers, and IoT solution providers, who are passionate about taking IoT solutions further than ever before.