TracFone Wireless Inc. has announced the launch of SafeLink Wireless in Illinois, bringing low income households a cost-efficient telephone service. The Safelink Wireless service will provide low income households a free mobile phone which comes with an hour of free monthly talk time. Standard features like voicemail, text, call waiting, international calling to over 60 destinations and caller ID are included in the offered package.

To be eligible for this special offer, below are the provisions for the people who wish to avail of the SafeLink Wireless service:

• Federal Public Housing Assistance/ Section 8
• Food Stamps
• Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
• Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
• National School Lunch (free program only)
• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
• Medicaid

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No other than TracFone President and CEO FJ Pollak led the cheers on the new Wireless Prepaid Access Device Enforcement Act that was laid down which aims to put a stop toward illegal activities and hoarding of prepaid wireless phones for other purposes.

The growth of bulk ordering in the hundreds to thousands of handsets have become a cause for alarm for companies like TracFone. Rather than serving the U.S. consumers, syndicates have taken advantage of the situation, buying handsets in bulk for potential distribution outside of U.S. waters. The phones are hacked and modified so that they will not work with intended U.S. networks resulting in huge losses.

The Wireless Prepaid Access Device Enforcement Act of 2009 would make it a Federal crime to knowingly purchase new prepaid handsets in the U.S. for the purpose of modifying the phones’ software which prevents their use as intended on the U.S. carriers’ networks for which they were manufactured and sold. The Act would also prohibit a person from knowingly reselling or distributing new prepaid phones outside the U.S.

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After being blocked last week by local government officials, the low income prepaid communication project has finally pushed through. SafeLink Wireless will serve as the company’s distribution of Lifeline - a U.S. government supported program for income eligible households that ensures telephone service is available and affordable for eligible low-income households.

The SafeLink Wireless service will provide eligible low-income households a free cell phone, mobile access to emergency services and free 68 minutes of air time, monthly, for one year.

The cell phone offers in-demand features:

Voicemail

Text

Call waiting

International calling to over 60 destinations

Caller ID

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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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