TracFone Wireless Inc., a leading prepaid cell phone provider, made public some unjustifiable legal concerns surrounding the blockage of a universal access to telecommunications services for qualifying low-income consumers. Apparently, local county officials have refused to certify the TracFone Wireless program and this is becoming an ignored issue to date.

City and county officials in Philadelphia, Berks County, Bucks County, Lehigh County, and North Hampton County have so far refused to certify the TracFone Wireless program. To date, Chester County and Montgomery County are alone in certifying the program in the greater Philadelphia area.

TracFone’s SafeLink Wireless service provides eligible low-income households a free cell phone, mobile access to emergency services and free 42 minutes of air time, monthly, for one year. The cell phone offers such features as voicemail, text, call waiting, international calling to over 60 destinations and caller ID.

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