By a unanimous vote on Oct. 17, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will now require wireless carriers in the United ...

If you need a smartphone and a wireless plan but can ... The US government subsidizes phone plan costs for those who are eligible via either its Lifeline Assistance program or Affordable ...

I have never received such poor customer service from any communication company in my life ... receive free cell phone service and can add minutes on a pay-as-you-go basis. Lifeline service ...

On the occasion of the first anniversary of the bipartisan Senate Mental Health Caucus, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) ...

FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said during the agency’s open meeting on Thursday that approximately 80% of calls to the lifeline come from wireless phones, which means that a caller’s area ...

The volunteers answer phone calls from the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images, FILE Last month, wireless carriers Verizon and T-Mobile ...

Baker is the Secretary of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Her full-time job is answering the 988 Suicide and ...

Major cell phone carriers have started to adopt a new ... the change will cover about half of all wireless calls to 988 once the program is fully implemented by these two carriers in the coming ...

The Federal Communications Commission will vote this week on rules requiring cell phone carriers to route calls to the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline ... would patch wireless calls into the ...

"Around 80% of calls to the 988 Lifeline are done through wireless phones, and many people have phone numbers with different area codes from where they live, work or visit," T-Mobile President of ...

The Federal Communications Commission unanimously voted Thursday to approve new rules requiring all wireless carriers ... requires georouting for phone calls to the Lifeline.