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Helium Mobile has been on quite the bender recently. After announcing the death of their free “Zero” plan and calling their free users “parasites” and saying “good riddance” that they are gone, the carrier has now announced that they have been acquired by Noble Mobile.
The good news is that they will still use the Helium Network, meaning the change will be seamless to current subscribers…hopefully.
Wait, who?
You might be thinking “what in the world is Noble Mobile”? Great question!
It was founded just last year, in 2025, by entrepreneur and former US Presidential candidate Andrew Yang. The premise was to be the “first carrier to pay you to use your phone less.”
The only plan on offer, the so-called “No-Bull Plan,” touts unlimited data, talk, & text on the T-Mobile 5G Network for just $50/month. On top of that, Noble offers unlimited international calling to 80+ countries with “generous minutes” to 100+ others, as well as unlimited texting to select locations and $5/day for travel coverage in 180+ countries.
The rabbit hole goes even deeper, though. The cherry on top of the Noble Mobile sundae is their claim to pay you every month to use your phone less.
The way it works is that whenever you use less than 20 GB/month, you earn cash back rewards at 5.5% annually. The cash back can be redeemed immediately or applied to your monthly bill, with long-time members supposedly earning some kind of bonus as well.
As a last footnote, and one that might set Noble apart from other carriers if it works out, is their promise to share “rewards” with their customers if the company is ever sold or goes public.
So, what’s to become of Helium?
According to the official announcement, Helium will focus on “building an intelligent connectivity platform that takes everything the Helium Network has demonstrated and opens it up so any carrier or connected service can build on it, including Noble Mobile.”
That sounds a lot like they want to strictly offer their infrastructure up for use to budding carriers, but we’ll see what the end result is.
Final thoughts
To say it’s been a rocky journey would be putting it mildly, but this is where the road seems to end for Helium Mobile as a carrier. It’s a lot less likely that the new company owner Andrew Yang will call their users parasites, so there’s that. Shame about that Zero plan, though.
Whether Noble Mobile is able to keep up with their lofty promises is debatable, but if they somehow hold up in the long run, it could make them an undeniably attractive option. As for Helium, how will their new pursuits hold up? Let us know in the comments below!
