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California LifeLine Program Update Presented by Communications Division Low-Income Oversight Board October 28, 2014 Participation Stats Current California LifeLine Wireless Providers: Telscape Communications, Inc. Budget PrePay, Inc.


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California LifeLine Program Update

Presented by Communications Division

Low-Income Oversight Board October 28, 2014

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Participation Stats

 Current California LifeLine Wireless

Providers:

 Telscape Communications, Inc.  Budget PrePay, Inc.  Assurance Wireless  Boomerang Wireless, LLC

 Recently approved federal Lifeline wireless

providers:

 TAG Mobile, LLC  Boomerang Wireless, LLC  Total Call Mobile  Air Voice Wireless, LLC  i-wireless 2

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Participation Stats Cont.

Pending Wireless Providers (as of October 9, 2014)

federal Lifeline

  • 1. Q Link Wireless
  • 2. Telrite Corp.
  • 3. Global Connections, Inc.
  • 4. AmeriMex Communications Corp.
  • 5. Tempo Telecom
  • 6. Sage Telecom
  • 7. TracFone Wireless, Inc.
  • 8. Blue Jay Wireless, LLC
  • 9. Curatel, LLC

California LifeLine

  • 1. Nexus Communications, Inc.
  • 2. TAG Mobile, LLC
  • 3. TracFone Wireless, Inc.
  • 4. Total Call Mobile, Inc.
  • 5. Blue Jay Wireless, LLC
  • 6. Air Voice Wireless, LLC
  • 7. Curatel, LLC
  • 8. TC Telephone, LLC
  • 9. i-wireless, LLC
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Total Participants

(End of September 2014)

California LifeLine and/or federal Lifeline Participants = 1,254,572

California LifeLine Wireless Participants = 262,712

Telscape 114,384 participants

Budget 119,684 participants

Assurance 23,799 participants

Boomerang 4,845 participants

California LifeLine Wireline Participants = 884,677

Federal-only Lifeline Wireless Participants = 107,183

Cricket 19,267 participants

Nexus 42,823 participants

Telscape 471 participants

Virgin Mobile 44,622 participants

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2014 CA LifeLine Participants

200,000 400,000 600,000 800,000 1,000,000 1,200,000 1,400,000 Wireline Wireless Wireline and Wireless

1,147,389 884,677 262,712

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Telscape Budget Assurance Boomerang

114,384 45% 119,684 46% 23,799 9%

Total CA LifeLine Wireless participants: 262,712

CA LifeLine Wireless Participants

(end of September 2014)

4,845 2%

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CaLL Wireline CaLL Wireless Fed Wireless

884,677 262,712 107,183

CA LifeLine & Fed Lifeline Participants

(end of September 2014)

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CA LifeLine Penetration Rate

(end of September 2014)

CA LifeLine Approved Customers Estimated Eligible Customers* Penetration Rate Wireline 884,677 3,059,176 29% Wireless 262,712 3,059,176 9% Wireline + Wireless 1,147,389 3,059,176 38% * At or below 150% Federal Poverty Level, 2012 Census Data

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Contact Information

Anna Jew – California LifeLine Implementation

AML@cpuc.ca.gov; (415) 703-3087

Consumer Affairs Branch

http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/puc/cec/e_complaint/; (800) 649-7570

CA LifeLine Administrator

https://www.californialifeline.com/en

(866) 272-0349 – English (866) 272-0354 – Korean

(866) 272-0350 – Spanish (866) 272-0355 – Vietnamese

(866) 272-0351 – Lao/Hmong (866) 272-0356 – Chinese

(866) 272-0352 – Khmer (866) 296-0860 – Japanese

(866) 272-0353 – Tagalog