California LifeLine Program Update Presented by Communications Division Low-Income Oversight Board October 29, 2015

Participation Stats Current California LifeLine Wireless Providers: 1. Telscape Communications, Inc. 2. Budget PrePay, Inc. 3. Assurance Wireless 4. Boomerang Wireless, LLC 5. Nexus Communications 6. TAG Mobile, LLC 7. i-wireless, LLC 8. Air Voice Wireless, LLC 9. Total Call Mobile, Inc. 10. Telrite Corporation 11. Global Connections Inc. of America 12. Amerimex 13. TracFone 2

Participation Stats cont. Recently approved Federal Lifeline wireless providers: 1. TracFone Wireless Inc. 3

4 Participation Stats cont. Pending Wireless Providers (as of October 21, 2015) Federal Lifeline 1. Curatel, LLC 2. American Broadband 3. QLink California LifeLine 1. Curatel, LLC 2. TC Telephone, LLC 3. American Broadband 4. SelecTel, Inc. 5. Mobile Net POSA, Inc. 6. Excess Telecom, Inc. 7. Odin Mobile 8. QLink

5 Total Participants (End of September 2015) CA LifeLine Wireless Participants1,561,531 CA LifeLine Wireline Participants687,058 Federal-only Lifeline Wireless Participants450 CA LifeLine and/or Federal Lifeline Participants2,248,589

CA LifeLine Wireless Participants (End of September 2015) 6 CarrierParticipants Telscape301,881 Budget385,608 Assurance277,832 Boomerang98,015 Nexus10,519 Tag Mobile96,792 i-Wireless162,279 Total Call Mobile82,537 AirVoice47,441 Telrite97,419 Global Connections8 AmeriMex750 CA LifeLine wireless Participants1,561,531

CA LifeLine Participants 7

8 CA LifeLine Wireless Participants (end of September 2015)

9 CA LifeLine & Fed Lifeline Participants (end of September 2015)

10 CA LifeLine Participation Rate (end of September 2015) CA LifeLine Estimated Eligible Participants* Approved Participants Participation Rate Wireline3,059,176687,05822% Wireless3,059,1761,561,08151% Wireline + Wireless3,059,1762,248,13973% * At or below 150% Federal Poverty Level, DOF provided based on the Census Data.

11 Enhanced Lifeline CA LifeLine CarriersEnd of July 2015 End of September Verizon Ponderosa Frontier Communications - of the Southwest Frontier Communications – West Coast12 5. Sierra Telephone Siskiyou Telephone76 7. AT&T45 8. TDS Telecom - Winterhaven22 Total138133

12 Participation in Federal Enhanced Lifeline Program LIOB queried to causes of decrease in Enhanced Lifeline Participation  Analysis of customer records, CPUC and Xerox conclude that decrease due to carriers incorrectly coding customers as eligible for enhanced lifeline  Does not answer questions of very low participation in Enhanced Lifeline program  CPUC started analysis by focusing on consumer already participating in California LifeLine and residing in Tribal Lands  Many of these customers very likely qualify  Better understand California LifeLine participants preferences for wireline versus wireless on Tribal Lands

13 Overview of Methodology Technique  Standardized customer service address  Selected those with zip codes that contain in whole or in part Tribal Lands  Geocoded to determine if service address was contained within federally recognized tribal boundaries Limitations  In remote areas standardized addresses are often difficult to geocode  Does not address situation of address provided by participants who lack permanent service address

14 LifeLine Participation in Tribal Areas by County County NameBasic Landline ServiceWireless ServiceEnhanced Lifeline Service Alpine8-- Amador21-- Butte513-- Calaveras-- Colusa-- Contra Costa-- Del Norte23--2 El Dorado13-- Fresno2156 Glenn-- Humboldt73-- Imperial26 1 Inyo21284 Kern-- Kings Lake22-- Lassen31-- Madera3295 Mendocino2932 Modoc-- Mono-- Placer-- Plumas-- Riverside6751,1031 Sacramento25-- San Bernardino San Diego Santa Barbara1-- Shasta42-- Siskiyou19115 Sonoma-- Tehama11-- Tulare Tuolumne31-- Yolo-- Yuba-- Column Totals9421,48428 Total2,454 Percentages of TLA Plots38%60%1%

15 Results of Analysis Summary Conclusion  Majority of CA participants have wireless  Very few CA participants choose to participate in Enhanced Lifeline  Majority of CA participants reside in Riverside County (1,779 of 2,454) Type of ParticipantParticipants Total CA LifeLine Participants with service address in Tribal Land 2,454 CA LifeLine wireless participants in Tribal Lands 1,484 CA LifeLine wireline participants in Tribal Lands 970 Enhanced LifeLine participants (wireline)28

16 Tribal Lands in California and Riverside County

17 Analysis Area: Inyo County Landline Consumer Wireless Consumer Enhanced LifeLine Consumer Tribal Land Area

18 Next Steps  CPUC will inform current CA LifeLine participants on Tribal Lands of Enhanced LifeLine (wireline and wireless).  Work with selected carriers to better identify eligible customers at service initiation.  Encourage wireless LifeLine providers to participate in Federal Enhanced Lifeline program.  Consult Tribal Organizations and FCC to understand barriers to participation in Enhanced Lifeline.

19 Contact Information Anna Jew – California LifeLine Implementation (415) Consumer Affairs Branch (800) CA LifeLine Administrator (866) – English(866) – Korean (866) – Spanish(866) – Vietnamese (866) – Lao/Hmong(866) – Chinese (866) – Khmer(866) – Japanese (866) – Tagalog