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| Apr 18, 2024 | Cape dials up $61M from a16z and more for mobile service that doesn’t use personal data | AT&T’s recent mega customer data breach — 74 million accounts affected — laid bare how much data carriers have on their users, and also that the data is there for the hacking. On Thursday, a startup called Cape — based out of Washington... |
| Sep 7, 2018 | FreedomPop’s low-cost Unreal Mobile now delivers service via AT&T | Americans get a raw deal on the cost of mobile calling and data services compared to the rest of the world. With the average monthly phone bill now at over $80 per month and high roaming charges for anyone traveling internationally, U.S. mo... |
| Sep 7, 2018 | FreedomPop’s low-cost Unreal Mobile now delivers service via AT&T | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Americans get a raw deal on the cost of mobile calling and data services compared to the rest of the world. With the average monthly ph... |
| Mar 6, 2018 | FreedomPop moves into financial services, in partnership with Prudential | Ahead of a big fundraising to fuel its mobile ambitions, “free” mobile service startup FreedomPop is taking an unexpected strategic side-road to expand into a completely different area: financial services. The company is licensing its custo... |
| Sep 18, 2017 | FreedomPop has an intriguing iPhone X deal worth considering | FreedomPop might not the first carrier that comes to mind, especially for hot iPhone X deals, but considering how expensive Apple’s best new iPhone is, you should check out its latest promotion.
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| Aug 22, 2017 | FreedomPop wants to kill monthly mobile phone bills with cheap annual plans | FreedomPop, the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) that offers SIM cards with completely free basic mobile service plans, has announced what it is touting as the mobile industry’s first-ever annual plan.
The Los Angeles-based company is... |
| Aug 22, 2017 | FreedomPop wants to kill monthly mobile phone bills with cheap annual plans | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
FreedomPop, the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) that offers SIM cards with completely free basic mobile service plans, has annou... |
| Mar 7, 2017 | Free-to-use mobile network FreedomPop launches own-brand Android smartphone | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
FreedomPop, the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) that offers SIM cards with completely free basic mobile plans, has today unveile... |
| Mar 7, 2017 | Free-to-use mobile network FreedomPop launches own-brand Android smartphone | FreedomPop, the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) that offers SIM cards with completely free basic mobile plans, has today unveiled its first ever own-brand smartphone.
Launching in the U.K. and Spain at first, with the U.S. and other ... |
| Nov 17, 2016 | MVNO FreedomPop takes on eBay with the launch of FreedomShop, an online store for refurbished smartphones | FreedomPop, the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) that offers SIM cards with completely free basic mobile service plans, is expanding the scope of its service today with the launch of an online store for refurbished smartphones.
Founde... |
| Nov 17, 2016 | MVNO FreedomPop takes on eBay with the launch of FreedomShop, an online store for refurbished smartphones | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
FreedomPop, the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) that offers SIM cards with completely free basic mobile service plans, is expand... |
| Oct 12, 2016 | FreedomPop enters JV with Dish to launch free mobile services in Mexico | FreedomPop — the U.S. startup that has built a mobile operation based around free basic voice and data services — today announced its newest international market, along with a strategic partnership to help tackle it. The company is going to... |
| Sep 9, 2016 | VC Digest: LetterOne invests $50m in FreedomPop; Russia,Turkey to form fund | Premium
International investment group LetterOne has invested $50 million in FreedomPop while Russia and Turkey have agreed to form a joint investment fund between their two countries.
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| Aug 30, 2016 | Confirmed: FreedomPop Receives $50M Investment from L1 | As we anticipated in January 2016, FreedomPop, a Los Angeles, California-based wireless internet and mobile phone service provider, received a $50m investment.
LetterOne, is an international investment business, headquartered in Luxembourg,... |
| Aug 17, 2016 | FreedomPop Launches First US SIM With Unlimited WhatsApp Access In 30 Countries | Alexandra Burlacu, Tech Times 17 August 2016, 11:08 am
Carrier FreedomPop is sweetening its cheap offers with the launch of a new WhatsApp SIM, granting unlimited access to WhatsApp even without a data plan in more than 30 countries.
Freedo... |
| May 10, 2016 | Oh The Things You’ll Buy: Tech.Co’s Guide to Graduation Gifts | As finals wrap up and students prepare for graduation, students are ready to make the move from their college life into the real world. Leaving behind countless pieces of Ikea furniture, trading in pizza for the inevitable ramen diet, and r... |
| Apr 20, 2016 | FreedomPop now offers zero-rated apps, starting with WhatsApp voice and text in Spain | FreedomPop — the startup that has built a mobile service based on the premise of a free basic tier of voice and data services — has announced plans to launch its services in Spain, its second market in Europe after the UK. And to woo users ... |
| Apr 20, 2016 | MVNO FreedomPop has a grand plan to sign you up: zero-rated WhatsApp access | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
FreedomPop, a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) that offers SIM cards with completely free basic mobile service plans, has announc... |
| Jan 20, 2016 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. Norwest Venture Partners raises $1.2 billion for its 13th fund
Norwest Venture Partners announced that it has raised $1.2 bi... |
| Jan 20, 2016 | FreedomPop Raises $50 Million | |
| Jan 20, 2016 | FreedomPop raises $50 million to take its free mobile SIM plans global | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
FreedomPop, a wireless Internet provider whose SIM cards include free basic mobile service plans, has raised a fresh $50 million in cap... |
| Jan 20, 2016 | FreedomPop Raises $50M in Funding | FreedomPop, a Los Angeles, CA-based mobile services provider, raised $50m in funding.
The backers remained undisclosed.
The company, which has raised over $109m in total funding, intends to use the capital to continue to develop its free mo... |
| Jan 20, 2016 | FreedomPop raises $50 million to take its free mobile SIM plans global | FreedomPop, a wireless Internet provider whose SIM cards include free basic mobile service plans, has raised a fresh $50 million in capital, taking its total funding to almost $110 million.
Founded out of Los Angeles in 2011, FreedomPop has... |
| Jan 20, 2016 |
FreedomPop Raises $50M More
| Los Angeles-based free mobile wireless service FreedomPop has raised $50M more for its service, the company said today. Source of the new funding was not disclosed. FreedomPop says it has now raised over $109M in funding. The funding will g... |
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Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, up... |
| Jan 20, 2016 | FreedomPop Raises Another $50M, Launches “Free” Global Data Hotspot And SIM | FreedomPop, the startup disrupting the businesses of traditional mobile carriers by giving people ways to use mobile devices free of any charges, is today adding another sizeable round to its coffers. The company has raised $50 million to c... |
| Jan 20, 2016 | Free global mobile data roaming comes to the UK thanks to FreedomPop | reader comments 9 with 7 posters participating
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Following its launch in the UK last year, MVNO FreedomPop—which offers free mobile service in the UK and US—is taking on the ... |
| Nov 3, 2015 | Intel Capital pumps $22M into 11 companies as part of $500 million 2015 investment plan | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Intel Capital is announcing today that it has inv... |
| Nov 3, 2015 | Intel Working with FreedomPop on 2016 Wi-Fi Smartphone that Cuts out the Carriers
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| Nov 3, 2015 | Intel Capital pumps $22M into 11 companies as part of $500 million 2015 investment plan | Intel Capital is announcing today that it has invested $22 million in 11 startups, and the world’s biggest chip maker is on track to invest more than $500 million in technology companies this year.
Intel invests to advance its own strategic... |
| Nov 3, 2015 |
FreedomPop Gets Funding From Intel Capital
| Los Angeles-based free broadband wireless and phone provider FreedomPop has received an investment from Intel Capital, the venture capital arm of Intel, as part of a set of investments announced by Intel on Tuesday. Intel--which announced t... |
| Nov 3, 2015 | Intel Puts $22M In 10 Startups, With A Stake In FreedomPop To Launch A Rival To Google’s Project Fi | Intel Capital, the venture arm of the tech giant, today announced $22 million in new investments across 10 startups. The news was delivered at the company’s annual global summit, where it also said that it would invest half a billion dollar... |
| Sep 29, 2015 | x-Mobility Expands its MVNA Capabilities to 4G, VoLTE and OTT services | Expanded relationship with MNO Increases x-Mobility’s offering
London, 29th September, 2015: x-Mobility (www.x-mobility.com) can now offer new MVNOs services beyond traditional telephony. The new services include 4G data services, VoLTE and... |
| Sep 22, 2015 | FreedomPop Launches In The UK, Intros Free And $18/Month iPhone-Only Plans In US | FreedomPop, the startup that is stirring up the world of mobile carriers with free phone services, is announcing two new advances that will help the company spread its brand to new demographics and new geographies. The company is kicking of... |
| Jul 31, 2015 |
FreedomPop Finds $10M More For Free Wireless Service
| Los Angeles-based FreedomPop, the free broadband wireless and cellular services provider led by Stephen Stokols, disclosed Thursday that it has raised $10M more in a funding round. The funding came from Asian mobile carrier Axiata, as well ... |
| Jul 30, 2015 | FreedomPop Raises $10M More, Inks Strategic Deal With New Investor, Asian Carrier Axiata | FreedomPop, the U.S. wireless carrier startup that has been building a business based on completely free voice and data services, has raised another $10 million in funding from two strategic investors, the pan-Asian mobile carrier Axiata an... |
| Jul 30, 2015 | Daily funding roundup - July 30, 2015 | GitHub raised $250M; Catawiki landed $82M; Golden Gate Ventures announced $50M
Git repository hosting service GitHub has just raised a $250 million round of funding, the company has confirmed to VatorNews. The round was led by Sequoia Capit... |
| Jul 30, 2015 | FreedomPop Secures $10M in Financing | FreedomPop, a Los Angeles, CA-based free mobile phone and high speed Internet service, secured an additional $10m in financing.
Backers included Axiata Group, Southeast Asia’s largest carrier with over 230 million users across Malaysia, Ind... |
| Jun 20, 2015 | Funding roundup - week ending 6/20/15 | Doctor On Demand, Softbank, Namely, Mezaaj, Are You A Human, Framebridge, Spacious, MentAd, GoFundMe
Seed stage
Fashion startup Mezaaj raised an undisclosed amount of seed capital from private investor Arshad Latif.
JiffStore, which offers ... |
| Jun 17, 2015 |
FreedomPop Gets $30M More, Skips M&A
| Los Angeles-based free broadband service FreedomPop said this morning that it has raised $30M more in new financing, which it says will go to accelerate its growth in the U.S., and expand its free mobile service. The funding was led by Part... |
| Jun 17, 2015 | Rejecting M&A, FreedomPop Raises Another $30M For Its Free Mobile Service | FreedomPop is taking another step ahead today in its bid to build out a global mobile business based on free voice, text and data bundles and upselling additional services. Amid months of M&A rumors, the startup has raised another $30 m... |
| Jun 17, 2015 | Daily funding roundup - June 17, 2015 | LeadPages secured $27M; Doctor On Demand closed $50M; Mapbox landed $52.6M
Doctor On Demand, a healthcare service that provides video visits with board-certified physicians on a patient's smartphone closed a $50 million round of Series B fi... |
| Jun 17, 2015 | FreedomPop Raises $30M in Series B Funding | FreedomPop, a Los Angeles-based mobile services provider, raised $30m in Series B funding.
The round was led by Partech Ventures with participation from DCM Capital, Mangrove Capital. A new strategic investor, not part of the initial tranch... |
| May 13, 2015 | FreedomPop plans to “wipe out” cheap UK mobile plans with free calls and data | FreedomPop reader comments 27 with 17 posters participating, including story author
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| May 12, 2015 | As Acquisition Rumors Swirl, Free Mobile Service FreedomPop Goes Live In The UK | FreedomPop, the mobile carrier that gives away mobile, data and text services and upsells users on other services, is today announcing its first international launch outside of the U.S. The company is opening up for business in the UK as a ... |
| Jan 21, 2015 | FreedomPop Turns On Unlimited Wi-Fi Across The US For $5/Month | FreedomPop, the startup that is trying to steal users away from mobile carriers by offering free, basic cellular voice and data plans, is adding another string to its bow today: the company is launching a low-cost WiFi service, where a user... |
| Nov 12, 2014 | FreedomPop announces free international calling for U.S. customers of its smartphones and apps | Los Angeles-based FreedomPop said today it will give 100 free minutes of international calling each month to users of its smartphones or mobile Free Talk and Text apps.
FreedomPop is hoping to disrupt an international calling market estimat... |
| Nov 12, 2014 | FreedomPop announces free international calling for U.S. customers of its smartphones and apps | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Los Angeles-based FreedomPop said today it will give 100 free minutes of international calling each month to users of its smartphones o... |
| Nov 12, 2014 | Amid M&A Reports, FreedomPop Adds International Calls To Its Free Mobile Service | FreedomPop — the U.S. startup disrupting the carrier world with free mobile and broadband services, and now apparently catching the attention of carriers that want to buy it — has added two more international features to its product that pu... |
| Jul 30, 2014 | FreedomPop brings free voice and data plans to tablets | Ever looked at your tablet and thought, y’know, if only this thing could give me all of the same calling features I get on my smartphone, I really wouldn’t need my smartphone at all?
No? OK, well maybe ditching your smartphone for a mobile-... |
| Jul 30, 2014 | FreedomPop brings free voice and data plans to tablets | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Ever looked at your tablet and thought, y’know, if only this thing could give me all of the same calling features I get on my smartphon... |
| Jul 10, 2014 | FreedomPop Brings Its Free Wireless Service To Europe, Sans Handsets | FreedomPop, the startup out of L.A. that has been going after U.S. carriers’ wireless business with a “free” basic mobile offering, is now bringing a SIM-only version of its service to Europe and beyond. Today, the company announced that it... |
| Mar 6, 2014 | New “Snowden Phone” likely not quite up to Snowden-level standards | FreedomPop reader comments 44 with 34 posters participating
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The easiest way to not be tracked via your phone is to not have a phone. Of course, that means you won’t have a ... |
| Mar 5, 2014 | FreedomPop launches smartphone that’s invisible to the NSA | FreedomPop is launching a new black smartphone today. Not only black as in color, but black as in invisible to spying.
The Privacy Phone, built on a Samsung Galaxy II smartphone, uses bank-quality 128-bit encryption for voice calls and text... |
| Mar 4, 2014 | FreedomPop Announces The Privacy Phone, A Fully-Encrypted Smartphone For $10 A Month | Meet the Privacy Phone, a device that FreedomPop brags is the only smartphone and mobile service that allows for encrypted communications. Lovingly nicknamed the “Snowden Phone” by FreedomPop, It can even be purchased with Bitcoin to furthe... |
| Dec 31, 2013 | Sprint Wants To Revive Nextel As A Business Brand, Merge Boost + Virgin Mobile Into ‘Sprint Freedom’ | It was only six months ago that Sprint decommissioned and shut down the Nextel iDEN push-to-talk network, and while the carrier has no plans to bring that legacy service back, the brand is another story.
According to a source close to the c... |
| Oct 8, 2013 | FreedomPop offers free cellphone service | (MoneyWatch) You might already know about FreedomPop: I told you about this company earlier this year as a way to get a free Wi-Fi hotspot using a small $35 gadget that leverages Sprint 3G and 4G networks.
FreedomPop has taken the next step... |
| Oct 1, 2013 | More than free data: FreedomPop launches carrier-killing mobile service with free calls and texts | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
For wireless Internet provider FreedomPop, the endgame was always to offer a completely free mobile service.
One year after successfull... |
| Oct 1, 2013 | FreedomPop Takes Aim At Carriers With Its New, Free Phone Plan | Is your cell phone bill too expensive? So is mine. Wireless data startup FreedomPop has been trying to tackle that little financial truth for the better part of two years now, and it’s finally ready to take aim at traditional wireless carri... |
| Oct 1, 2013 | No contract, no fee: Free (500MB) smartphone plan offered by FreedomPop | It's not a premium phone, but it has free data.
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| Aug 6, 2013 | FreedomPop brings free mobile service to Sprint’s LTE network, amid overwhelming demand | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
FreedomPop’s free mobile service is about to get more tempting.
Today the company announced that it has rolled out its service to Sprin... |
| Aug 6, 2013 | Freemium Wireless Startup FreedomPop Embraces Sprint’s LTE Network With New Hardware | If there was ever a reason not to use wireless data startup FreedomPop’s freemium mobile internet service, it’s because you were stuck cruising on Clearwire’s pokey WiMAX signals. Not everyone is going to fret over the results of a speed te... |
| Aug 6, 2013 | Get free Internet access while on the road | (MoneyWatch) Need to connect your laptop or Wi-Fi-only tablet to the Internet, but there's no hotspot nearby? Make your own and get online for free.
That's the promise of FreedomPop, a service that seems to offer the impossible: a pocket-si... |
| Jul 11, 2013 | FreedomPop Closes $5M Series A-1 |
LOS ANGELES, CA, FreedomPop today announced that it has closed an additional $5 million in funding from existing investors in a Series A-1 Round.
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| Jul 11, 2013 | FreedomPop gears up for its free mobile service with $5M in funding | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
After announcing its plan to launch completely free cellular plans, FreedomPop has scored another $5 million from existing investors DC... |
| Jul 11, 2013 |
FreedomPop Gets $5M In New Funding For Free Phone, Wireless Service
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| Jul 11, 2013 | FreedomPop Closes $5M Series A1 Funding | FreedomPop, a Los Angeles, CA-based free internet provider, closed an additional $5m in Series A1 funding.
Backers include existing investors Mangrove Capital, DCM, and Skype Founder Niklas Zennstom’s Atomico.
The company intends to use the... |
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Funding news still hasn’t slowed down for this al... |
| Jul 11, 2013 | FreedomPop Raises Another $5 Million To Help Launch Its Freemium Mobile Phone Service | Freemium wireless internet provider (and soon to be wireless carrier) FreedomPop revealed that it has just locked up another $5 million in funding from existing investors DCM Capital and Mangrove Capital, and that its (so far undisclosed) v... |
| Jun 6, 2013 | How can FreedomPop offer a completely free 4G data, voice, and text plan? | Not everyone has a modern internet or mobile plan. Generally, people don’t have a faster internet or mobile plan due to either living in an area where the plans don’t reach, or because a modern service can be too expensive. Some of us who c... |
| Jun 5, 2013 | FreedomPop wants to kill carriers with a completely free mobile phone service | After proving that there’s actually a decent business in offering free mobile data, FreedomPop is now aiming to take its crazy business model even further by replacing cellular plans entirely.
The new (and so far unnamed) mobile service, se... |
| Jun 5, 2013 | FreedomPop wants to kill carriers with a completely free mobile phone service | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
After proving that there’s actually a decent business in offering free mobile data, FreedomPop is now aiming to take its crazy business... |
| Jun 5, 2013 | FreedomPop Will Take On Carriers This Summer By Offering Smartphones And A New Freemium Phone Plan | Freemium wireless data startup FreedomPop has been out to undercut traditional wireless carriers on data plan costs for over a year now, but now the company wants to up ante once more. In exchange for a recurring monthly fee of $0, users of... |
| Apr 24, 2013 | Nine Months After Talking Up The Carrier Deal, FreedomPop Shows Off Its First Sprint-Friendly Hotspot | FreedomPop has been promising to bring mostly free 4G internet access to the masses for over a year now, but those ambitions have been hampered by partner Clearwire’s spotty WiMax coverage — there are sizable swaths of the country where you... |
| Apr 24, 2013 | FreedomPop brings its free internet service to Sprint’s 3G network, launches new hotspot | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
The free internet service FreedomPop is gearing up to expand its reach across the U.S. — though it’s looking to an older cellular netwo... |
| Apr 24, 2013 | FreedomPop brings its free internet service to Sprint’s 3G network, launches new hotspot | The free internet service FreedomPop is gearing up to expand its reach across the U.S. — though it’s looking to an older cellular network to do so.
FreedomPop announced today that it’s bringing its service to Sprint’s 3G network, which is i... |
| Mar 6, 2013 | Free broadband for all: FreedomPop’s Hub Burst home router now available | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
The free wireless internet startup FreedomPop is targeting the likes of Comcast and Cablevision with its Hub Burst home router, which i... |
| Mar 6, 2013 | Free broadband for all: FreedomPop’s Hub Burst home router now available | The free wireless internet startup FreedomPop is targeting the likes of Comcast and Cablevision with its Hub Burst home router, which is now available for purchase.
First announced back in December, the $89 Hub Burst brings FreedomPop’s fre... |
| Feb 11, 2013 | FreedomPop Raises Additional $4.3M Funding |
LOS ANGELES, CA, America's new free Internet company, today announced an additional $4.3 million in funding in a Series A1 from existing investors, DCM and Mangrove Capital.
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| Feb 7, 2013 | FreedomPop raises $4.3M more, expands ‘social broadband’ platform for free wireless | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
FreedomPop’s dream of offering free wireless broadband to consumers has been a hit with its investors.
Today the company announced that... |
| Feb 7, 2013 | FreedomPop Raises Another $4.3 Million In Funding, Finally Lets Users Share Their Data | Freemium wireless service provider FreedomPop has been pumping out its fair share of hardware lately, and its momentum seems to have been received favorably by its backers. The company, which aims to dole out 500MB of free WiMAX data to the... |
| Feb 7, 2013 | FreedomPop Raises $4.3 Million More | |
| Feb 7, 2013 | FreedomPop Raises $4.3M Series A1 Funding | FreedomPop, a Los Angeles, CA-based free Internet company, raised $4.3m Series A1 funding.
Backers included existing investors DCM and Mangrove Capital.
Led by Stephen Stokols, CEO, FreedomPop ia a wireless Internet provider partners with w... |
| Feb 7, 2013 | FreedomPop raises $4.3M more, expands ‘social broadband’ platform for free wireless | FreedomPop’s dream of offering free wireless broadband to consumers has been a hit with its investors.
Today the company announced that it has raised an addition $4.3 million for its first round from existing investors DCM and Mangrove Capi... |
| Jan 8, 2013 | FreedomPop adds free calls & texts to free Internet to ‘basically screw AT&T and Verizon’ | Apparently, information does want to be free. And phone calls, and text messages. At least, if you’re a subscriber to FreedomPop, “America’s free wireless Internet company.”
FreedomPop, which already offers free wireless Internet service, i... |
| Jan 8, 2013 | FreedomPop adds free calls & texts to free Internet to ‘basically screw AT&T and Verizon’ | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Apparently, information does want to be free. And phone calls, and text messages. At least, if you’re a subscriber to FreedomPop, “Amer... |
| Dec 12, 2012 | Targeting Comcast, FreedomPop brings free 4G broadband to your house | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
FreedomPop is a company with disruption on its mind.
Three months after introducing its free mobile broadband service, FreedomPop is at... |
| Dec 12, 2012 | FreedomPop launches free home wireless to compete with low-end DSL | FreedomPop's new Hub Burst will begin shipping in January 2013.
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| Nov 7, 2012 | How To Drop Your Data Plan And Keep Using Your Smartphone | Guest author Tim McCormick is a product developer & writer in Palo Alto, CA interested in publishing, learning technology, and urban innovation.
Over the last six months, I’ve made an experiment of giving up my $90/month cellular + data... |
| Oct 29, 2012 | Three Months After The First Teaser, FreedomPop Begins Shipping Its $99 WiMAX-Friendly iPod Touch Cases | Freemium wireless Internet startup FreedomPop made good on its word by kicking off its public beta earlier this month and hocking USB modems and mobile hotspots, but that launch left many of its would-be users asking one question: Where are... |
| Oct 1, 2012 |
FreedomPop Launches Free Wireless Internet Service
| Los Angeles-based FreedomPop, a new startup backed by Mangrove Capital, DCM, and Atomico, said this morning that it has launched a beta of a free, wireless Internet service based off of Clearwire's 4G wireless network. The firm said it will... |
| Oct 1, 2012 | FreedomPop launches free 500MB mobile data service | FreedomPop offers three different levels of mobile data plans.
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| Sep 30, 2012 | FreedomPop Opens Its Freemium Internet Service To The Masses With New Public Beta | It’s been nearly a year since a company called FreedomPop announced its intentions (through a cryptically ambitious press release, no less) that it planned to bring “free broadband” to data-hungry users nationwide. The early FreedomPop site... |
| Sep 30, 2012 | FreedomPop kicks off free 4G service with a hotspot and USB stick | FreedomPop has built quite a bit of hype over the past few months for its proposed freemium 4G service — and starting today, we’ll finally get to see if it can live up to its many promises.
The company kicked off a public beta test Sunday, ... |
| Sep 30, 2012 | FreedomPop kicks off free 4G service with a hotspot and USB stick | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
FreedomPop has built quite a bit of hype over the past few months for its proposed freemium 4G service — and starting today, we’ll fina... |
| Jul 31, 2012 | FreedomPop turns your iPod Touch into an iPhone with free 4G | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Apple’s iPod Touch does just about everything the more expensive and contract-bound iPhone does — except for the ability to tap into mo... |
| Jul 31, 2012 | FreedomPop turns your iPod Touch into an iPhone with free 4G | Apple’s iPod Touch does just about everything the more expensive and contract-bound iPhone does — except for the ability to tap into mobile data networks. FreedomPop, the startup that aims to offer free 4G service across a variety of device... |
| Jul 31, 2012 | FreedomPop Reveals New WiMax iPod Touch Case, Sheds Light On Data Pricing Plans | There’s been quite a little buzz building around FreedomPop thanks to its ambitious plans to provide freemium wireless Internet to everyone in the United States, not to mention its peculiar 4G-friendly iPhone cases.
As it turns out, that’s ... |
| Jul 10, 2012 | FreedomPop raises $7.5M to free you from your carrier shackles (exclusive) | The seemingly mythical FreedomPop, which aims to disrupt the mobile broadband landscape by offering a freemium 4G service, is one step closer to reality. The company has raised $7.5 million in a first round of funding, led by ManGrove and D... |
