To qualify for a free government smartphone and become program recipients, applicants must meet specific income-based or program-based requirements. Eligibility criteria include: Eligibility criteria ...

DENVER (CBS4) - 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 ...

Anti-malware company Malwarebytes said the phone provider, Sprint's Assurance Wireless offers its most affordable Android smartphone, the Chinese-made UMX, for only $35 with free data, texts and ...

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.

L ast 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 ...