Budget mobile

Budget Mobile offers government-subsidized cell phones through the FCC’s Lifeline phone service program.

They serve needy people in many states. The Budget Mobile phone program is available now in Arkansas,

Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine,

Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma,

Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Washington, Utah, Texas, West

Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. They are working on certification for other

states. Budget Mobile is offering free phones and up to 250 free minutes of airtime each month (varies by

state) to qualifying US residents.

LifeLine Cell Phones with Free Cell Phone Service, Free Cell Phone Service Includes:

 Free Cell Phone

 Free Voice Calls
 Free Text Messages
 Free Mobile Data (available in some states)

LifeLine Cell Phone Eligibility

 Only 1 person per household is eligible for a LifeLine Cell Phone Plan
 Person’s using LifeLine Cell Phone Plans must re-register every year to remain eligible.
 TracFone Wireless
TracFone Wireless, Inc. is a prepaid wireless service provider in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the US

Virgin Islands. TracFone Wireless is a subsidiary of Mexico's largest telecommunications company America

Movil, and offers products and services under multiple brands which include TracFone, NET10

Wireless, Total Wireless, Straight Talk, SafeLink Wireless, Telcel América, Simple Mobile, and Page plus

Cellular. TracFone Wireless operates as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), holding agreements with

the United States' largest wireless network operators to provide service using their networks,

including Verizon Wireless,AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile US, Sprint Corporation, and U.S. Cellular. TracFone

Wireless had 25.668 million subscribers in 2015.

Popular data plans:

Tracfone:

 Users : 25.668 million subscribers

 Revenue : $6.985 billion
 ARPU : $20
 MOU (Minutes of usage) 496 minutes monthly
 DATA Revenue : 2.76 billion
 Most used plan : 2GB for $30

Cox Communications

Cox Communications (also known as Cox Cable and formerly Cox Broadcasting Corporation, Dimension

Cable Services and Times-Mirror Cable) is an American privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises

providing digital cable television, telecommunications and Home Automation services in the United States. It

is the third-largest cable television provider in the United States, serving more than 6.2 million customers,

including 2.9 million digital cable subscribers, 3.5 million Internet subscribers, and almost 3.2 million digital

telephone subscribers, making it the seventh-largest telephone carrier in the country. Cox is headquartered at

6205 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd in Sandy Springs, Georgia, U.S., in the Atlanta metropolitan area.

Internet data plans:

Speeds
Package Monthly Included Data
Download / Upload

Starter 200 GB 5 Mbps / 1 Mbps

Essential 250 GB 15 Mbps / 2 Mbps

Preferred 350 GB 50 Mbps / 5 Mbps

Premier 700 GB 100 Mbps / 10 Mbps

Ultimate 1000 GB 200 Mbps / 20 Mbps

Gigablast (Where Available) 2000 GB 1 Gbps / 1 Gbps

Cox Communications:

 Total residential and business customers: 6 million

 Homes passed: 9.5 million
 High speed data subscribers: 4,530,000
 Phone subscribers: 3,185,000
 Revenue : 10.4 billion in 2014

Life Wireless
LIFE WIRELESS is a nationwide cell phone provider that offers both low-cost and Lifeline service to their
customers. They currently operate in the following states: Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland,
Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island Texas and Virginia. They may be a relatively
new carrier, but they have already distinguished themselves by offering a high-degree of customer service.

LIFE WIRELESS is a Lifeline supported wireless service provided by TELRITE CORPORATION. LIFE WIRELESS™
offers a Lifeline discount to low income families and individuals for wireless services. To obtain LIFE
WIRELESS™ service potential subscribers must meet certain eligibility requirements such as receiving
governmental assistance or a household income that is 135% or below the federal poverty level. The specifics
of what determines a potential subscriber's eligibility are specific to each state. LIFE WIRELESS™ service is
limited to one per household, and cannot be combined with any other Lifeline offering.

Life Wireless Plans

Unlike some of the major carriers, Life Wireless offers different plans from state to state. The plan options for
both of their Lifeline and regular service are detailed below.

In Arkansas, Louisiana, Maryland and West Virginia, there is only one plan:

 Customers receive 68 monthly rollover minutes. Text messages are charged at 1/3 a plan minute each.

In Illinois, there is only one plan as well:

 Customers receive 100 monthly rollover minutes. Text messages are charged at 1/3 a plan minute each
In Georgia, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Rhode Island and Puerto Rico, customers have their choice of 3 plans:

 68 monthly rollover minutes where text messages are charged at 1/3 a plan minute each
 125 monthly rollover minutes where text messages are charged at ½ a plan minute each
 250 monthly minutes with no rollover. Text messages are charged at 1 minute each.

There is also a $29.95 Unlimited Text and Plan, available only to Lifeline Customers

Customers who are not-eligible for Lifeline Service may still purchase the same plans described above (with the
exception of the Unlimited Plan). These customers must pay a one-time activation fee of $60, and must pay a
$13.50 monthly fee ($11.53 in Illinois). Lifeline customers never have to pay a fee for their phones or their
monthly minutes.

The following services are offered at no charge: Voicemail, Call Waiting, Caller ID, Three-Way Calling, and
Call-Forwarding

Life Wireless(Telrite): William Curry - Founder & President - william.Curry@lifewireless.com

Carrie Pressley – Marketing manager - carrie.pressley@lifewireless.com

 Users: 718,354 customers
 $9.25 (the average monthly Lifeline payment per account)

Iowa Wireless Services, LLC

Iowa Wireless Services, LLC, doing business as iWireless, provides wireless communications services
customers in Iowa and immediately surrounding states. It also provides basic phones, smartphones, no
contract phones, and Internet devices. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Urbandale, Iowa. It
has call centers in Cedar Rapids and Urbandale. The company is a partnership between T-Mobile USA and
Iowa Network Services, Inc. The company has over 250 stores and dealers in Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri,
Nebraska, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Illinois.
iWireless offers 4G LTE data plans. The company offers two plans:

1. Freedom Plans:

2. No Contract Plans: