{"id":23763,"date":"2025-08-27T15:39:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T20:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planhub.ca\/blog\/?p=23763"},"modified":"2025-08-27T15:44:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T20:44:58","slug":"freedom-mobile-is-betting-on-5g-to-justify-its-price-hikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planhub.ca\/blog\/en\/freedom-mobile-is-betting-on-5g-to-justify-its-price-hikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom Mobile is betting on 5G to justify its price hikes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"23763\" class=\"elementor elementor-23763 elementor-23752\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee02b0a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ee02b0a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d175828 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d175828\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planhub.ca\/cell-phone-plans-freedom-mobile\"><strong>Freedom Mobile<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has just adjusted its lineup of annual prepaid plans, introducing 5G+ connectivity while increasing certain rates. A strategy that combines technological modernization with revenue optimization.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f920683 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f920683\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5366ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a5366ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Increases offset by more data<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69c1b67 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"69c1b67\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a03969 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a03969\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The entry-level plan remains stable at $99 per year but now comes with 5G instead of LTE. It still includes unlimited incoming calls and texts, with outgoing texts billed at $0.05 each and additional data at <\/span><b>$15 per GB<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two other plans undergo <\/span><b>a $10 annual increase<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but Freedom tries to soften the blow with more generous data allowances. The mid-tier plan rises from <\/span><b>$119 to $129 per year<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, now offering 20GB instead of 15. The premium plan climbs from<\/span><b> $149 to $159<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> annually, with its data allotment doubling from<\/span><b> 30GB to 40GB<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e84b68 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1e84b68\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79b7400 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"79b7400\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A double-edged price-value equation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b13680d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b13680d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-378a7b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"378a7b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"79\" data-end=\"611\">This restructuring clearly reflects the classic strategy of providers: raising prices while adding a little extra to make it easier to accept. <b>The additional 10GB per plan will certainly appeal to heavy data users<\/b>, but does everyone really need it?<\/p><p data-start=\"79\" data-end=\"611\">And then, the arrival of 5G+ comes as no surprise: it\u2019s only logical now that this technology is becoming the norm.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freedom Mobile has just adjusted its lineup of annual prepaid plans, introducing 5G+ connectivity while increasing certain rates. 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