FreedomPop tries to prevent itself from being swindled by requiring most customers to have a credit card. “We have no wiggle room for customer service or fraud,” Stokols said.

FreedomPop believes 10 to 15% of its users will opt for paid premium plans. Miller likened the model to Dropbox, the popular online file-storing service that provides a free, basic service and ...

FreedomPop’s goal is considerably loftier: rather than pitching the service strictly at cost-conscious niches like its rivals have, it aims to take on major nationwide carriers like AT&T, ...

A new company called FreedomPop is offering something that seems too good to be true: 500 MB of free mobile data per month through your choice of a wireless hotspot or USB stick.. The service ...

FreedomPop doesn’t have a physical retail operation, and most sales occur online.“We acquire customers in the U.S. for 1/100th of what the carriers pay,” Stokols told me last month.

FreedomPop, backed by Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstrom, DCM and Mangrove Capital, has previously launched a $99 case for iPod Touch devices that turns them into WiMax Internet devices.

FreedomPop: "No, FreedomPop services are free with 500MB of data, 500 texts and 200 voice minutes each month as the base package. (200MB of data, 200 texts and 200 voice minutes for the UK)." ...

Imagine a world where the total on your monthly cell phone bill reads zero. It’s not a dream, it’s the future -- or at least it’s the future that FreedomPop CEO Stephen Stokols is envisioning.

The interest in FreedomPop comes amid a wave of wireless deal-making here and abroad, as AT&T closed a $1.9 billion acquisition of Nextel Mexico in April and agreed to acquire DirecTV for $67 ...

Freedompop offers "free" nationwide wireless service – but a quick look at its terms show you will still have to fork out some cash.

FreedomPop has responded to growing concerns over hacking and privacy. Its "Snowden Phone" is designed to improve mobile security to the general public.

FreedomPop, which provides “freemium” mobile services, has raised $50 million in Series C financing from LetterOne, a Luxembourg-based investment firm. LetterOne, which is headed by Russian ...