California LifeLine Program Update Presented by Communications Division Low-Income Oversight Board August 20, 2014
Participation Stats Current California LifeLine Wireless Providers: Telscape Communications, Inc. Budget PrePay, Inc. Virgin Mobile USA, L.P. Boomerang Wireless, LLC Recently approved federal Lifeline wireless providers TAG Mobile, LLC Boomerang Wireless, LLC Total Call Mobile 2
3 Participation Stats Cont. Pending Wireless Providers (as of August 12, 2014) federal Lifeline 1. i-wireless 2. Q Link Wireless 3. Telrite Corp. 4. Global Connections, Inc. 5. Air Voice Wireless, LLC 6. AmeriMex Communications Corp. 7. Tempo Telecom 8. Sage Telecom 9. TracFone Wireless, Inc. 10. Blue Jay Wireless, LLC 11. Curatel, LLC California LifeLine 1.Nexus Communications, Inc. 2.TAG Mobile, LLC 3. TracFone Wireless, Inc. 4. Blue Jay Wireless, LLC 5. Curatel, LLC
4 Total Participants (End of July 2014) California LifeLine and/or federal Lifeline Participants = 1,191,945 California LifeLine Wireless Participants = 136,638 Telscape 115,430 participants Budget 21,208 participants California LifeLine Wireline Participants = 928,309 Federal-only Lifeline Wireless Participants = 126,998 Cricket 27,508 participants Nexus59,886 participants Telscape 666 participants Virgin Mobile 38,938 participants
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6 6 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