FreedomPop News & Deals

FreedomPop has hired NBA Hall of Famer Julius Erving, better known as “Dr. J,” to be their new company spokesperson, as noted in Wave7 Research’s latest prepaid report filing. This move marks a significant shift in the marketing strategy for FreedomPop. Erving just recently celebrated his 74th birthday. Targeting A

Red Pocket Mobile has started a revival of some of its neglected brands. Wave7 Research noted in its most recent prepaid report that Red Pocket Mobile brand FreedomPop has launched its first new YouTube video in three years. The video, available here, launched about a month ago and introduces viewers

The company that runs FreedomPop, STS Media, announced today that it has agreed to sell the FreedomPop brand to Red Pocket Mobile.  Terms of the deal have not been disclosed, but a Reuters source familiar with the deal says the transaction value is in the “high eight figures.”  STS Media

Several users in various online forums have recently reported that FreedomPop has automatically updated their free plan to a paid plan costing $3.99/month.  Customers have stated that they received an email giving them the option to opt-out of the upgrade.  Those that didn’t see the email or respond to it,

FreedomPop phone plans are currently on sale at both Best Buy and Target.  The plans that are on sale are multi-month plans.  Customers can choose from either a 3-month plan or a couple of annual plans.  The best cheap plan option includes unlimited talk and text with 1GB of monthly

Target is currently selling FreedomPop’s multi-month plan with unlimited talk, text and 1GB of 4G LTE data for $9.99.  The plan is for 90 days and works out to an average cost of just $3.33/month.  Normally the plan retails for $19.99. Plan Details The allotments of talk, text and data

FreedomPop has just launched a new new plan that utilizes their GSM partner’s network.  The coverage map for the plan indicates that their network partner is AT&T. FreedomPop’s new annual plan includes unlimited talk and text with 5GB of monthly 4G LTE data at an average cost of just $12.50/month. 

FreedomPop announced today that it will be firing up a new MVNO brand called Unreal Mobile.  The idea behind Unreal Mobile is to give FreedomPop a premium brand that can compete against T-Mobile and Sprint.  The new brand will offer unlimited data plans starting at $15/month. Unreal Mobile Service And

FreedomPop is now giving away the 2nd generation Motorola E for $9.99.  With the purchase of the phone comes a 2 week trial of FreedomPop’s service on its CDMA network partner Sprint. Additionally the MVNO’s Best Buy exclusive plans are now on sale.  A new trial offer of the company’s GSM

FreedomPop has launched some Best Buy exclusive plans.  The MVNO says that the plans are compatible with GSM devices from networks such as AT&T, T-Mobile and Cricket. Given that FreedomPop has a partnership with AT&T, we can safely infer that these plans run on the AT&T network. Pricing starts at

FreedomPop is now selling the 7 inch Alcatel OneTouch Pixi tablet for just $29.99 with a free month trial of its 2GB data plan. Service is on the Sprint network. Alcatel OneTouch Pixi Tablet The Alcatel OneTouch Pixi tablet is a budget device with the following specifications: 7″ 1024×600 screen 4000

FreedomPop seems to have borrowed a page out of Mint SIM’s playbook. The company is now offering multi-month plans that come with big discounts for those willing to commit to service for longer than one month at a time. The plan length and data amounts included are identical to what

Over a year ago FreedomPop announced that it would be licensing its platform to a then unnamed carrier. Fast forward a year and a partner still goes unnamed. Now, in lieu of naming a carrier partner, FreedomPop has announced that it has licensed its customer conversion platform to Prudential Financial. Prudential

In August of 2017, FreedomPop launched a promotional annual plan that included monthly allotments of 1,000 minutes, 1,000 text messages and 1GB of data priced annually at $49.99. The plan was available on the Sprint network and a GSM network believed to be AT&T as the coverage map seemed to indicate.

FreedomPop has launched a new mobile hotspot plan using the Sprint network.  Customers can now get 10GB of 4G LTE data for just $39.99/month. It’s basically the same plan that they announced back in January, except that offer was for service using the AT&T network. Freedompop says this plan will be available for