Business Wire

Assurance Wireless Launches Service to Provide Cell Phones and Wireless Service to San Francisco Residents Facing Economic Hardship

WARREN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today Assurance Wireless, a Lifeline Assistance program supported by the federal Universal Service Fund, launches service in the San Francisco metro area to begin ...
Business Wire

Assurance Wireless Provides Cell Phones and Wireless Service to Aid Arizona Residents Facing Economic Hardship

WARREN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Assurance Wireless introduces its services in Arizona, including providing a wireless phone and 250 free voice minutes and 250 free text messages monthly to ...
Yahoo News UK

Assurance Wireless Launches Service to Provide Cell Phones and Wireless Service to San Francisco Res

WARREN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today Assurance Wireless, a Lifeline Assistance program supported by the federal Universal Service Fund, launches service in the San Francisco metro area to begin ...
Threat Post

Lifeline Assistance Phone Users Targeted with ‘Uninstallable’ Adware

A Virgin Mobile-branded phone distributed by Assurance Wireless to low-income U.S. citizens has a trojan pre-installed that can download additional malware. Government-funded, low-cost cell phones are ...
Fierce Healthcare

Assurance Wireless and OmniCare Health Plan Partner in Michigan to Improve Communications for Medicaid Enrollees

WARREN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Assurance Wireless and OmniCare Health Plan Inc. have partnered to spread awareness of Assurance Wireless, a federal Lifeline Assistance program to OmniCare’s 47,000 ...
Fox Business

U.S. government funds program that gives free phones with Chinese malware to people in need: Report

A federally funded cellphone provider offers free smartphones and cheap cell service to those in need, but the phones they have been giving away are bugged with Chinese malware, a new report shows.
Insurancenewsnet.com

Assurance Wireless Marks Two-Year Anniversary of Providing Cell Phones and Wireless Service to Michigan Residents

Number of eligible residents rises by more than 1.2 million since 2009; program can help more than 1.8 million Michigan residents stay connected to family, medical services and jobs More than 417,000 ...
Forbes

U.S. Funds Program With Free Android Phones For The Poor — But With Permanent Chinese Malware

Android phones for low-income families are shipping with irremovable Chinese malware. For years, low-income households have been able to get cheap cell service and even free smartphones via the U.S.
Dark Reading

Chinese Malware Found Preinstalled on US Government-Funded Phones

Budget Android smartphones offered through a US government initiative for low-income Americans come with preinstalled, unremovable Chinese malware, researchers report. These low-cost smartphones are ...
USA Today

T-Mobile promises to support low-income Lifeline program 'indefinitely' if merger approved

As the Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission weigh the pros and cons of T-Mobile's $26-billion proposed merger with Sprint, T-Mobile continues to update its promises to ...
Wired

This Government-Subsidized Phone Comes With Malware

An Android phone subsidized by the US government for low-income users comes preinstalled with malware that can't be removed without making the device cease to work, researchers reported on Thursday.