Democratizing Connectivity

Transforming every phone into part of a distributed peer-to-peer network

Join the Public Beta Now available on Android in Brazil

As simple as turning on your hotspot.

Bump democratizes access to connectivity by letting postpaid users share excess bandwidth with those who are priced out of access, enabling seamless, private phone-to-phone communication.

Bump sharing hotspot screen
Sharing hotspot with no connections

Sharers

Share excess bandwidth with nearby users. Decide how much to share and earn rewards via credits, sweepstakes, and tokens.
Scanning for nearby hotspots

Users

Find sharers via the network map, connect, and pay with low-cost Bump credits. Get online instantly through nearby providers.
Hotspot with active connection

Connected

All connections are secured via VPN tunnels and encryption. Your data stays private through every hop in the network.

The Connectivity Chasm

Connectivity is most expensive where people can least afford it. Over 1 billion people own a mobile phone but have no or limited connectivity.

13x
more per MB paid by prepaid users vs. postpaid customers
5%+
of average monthly income to buy just 1GB of data in LMICs
84%
of all broadband in low and middle income countries is mobile-only

Why Brazil?

Brazil is the fifth-largest internet economy, with a massive digital divide and 86% Android market share.

94%
of Brazilians access the internet via mobile
36M
Brazilians have no internet access at all
92M
are mobile-only, relying on expensive prepaid data
89%
of favela users believe the internet helps them earn money