Low-income residents of Texas and Michigan will have access to...
Low-income residents of Texas and Michigan will have access to discounted cellphones from Life Wireless, the company said Wednesday (http://yhoo.it/WQSWBy). It cited approval from state regulators. The service, run as part of the federal Lifeline program, includes “a basic mobile…
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handset with voicemail, text messaging, call waiting, and other features,” Life Wireless said, noting that smartphones aren’t an option and plans can be for as many as 250 minutes a month. Michigan residents have already begun signing up and those in Texas will have the option later in February, it said. “A cellphone is no longer a luxury item,” Life Wireless Senior Vice President Jim Carpenter said in a statement. On Monday, Life Wireless noted regulators had approved its entry into South Carolina, Oklahoma and Maine (http://xrl.us/boe8qs).