Can you get a free government iPhone with Lifeline Assistance? Learn more about eligibility criteria, providers, benefits, and fraud prevention.

WSJ's Spencer Ante has details of a $2.2 billion government program to give cell phones to poor people that resulted in phones winding up in the hands of people ineligible for the program.

A federally regulated program providing free cellphone service and phones to the poor and needy in Denver appears to be riddled with waste, fraud and abuse, according to an undercover CBS4 ...

Recently, the government expanded the plan to include cell phones. Every family at poverty level or below, already receiving food stamps or other federal assistance programs can qualify for one phone ...

The Federal Lifeline Assistance Program provides free government cell phones and monthly services to qualified low-income individuals and families.

Last year, a federal program paid out $1.6 billion to cover free cell phones and the monthly bills of 12.5 million wireless accounts. The program, overseen by the FCC and intended to help low ...

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 ...

The Uttar Pradesh government approved important decisions in a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, which included buying smartphones for free distribution to youths. The meeting was led by Chief ...