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California LifeLine Program Update Presented by Communications Division Low-Income Oversight Board California Public Utilities Commission July 20, 2016 1
Presentation Overview Program Statistics Phase II Proceeding Update Enhanced Lifeline 2
Participation Stats Current California LifeLine Wireless Providers: Telscape Communications, Inc. Budget PrePay, Inc. Assurance Wireless Boomerang Wireless, LLC Nexus Communications TAG Mobile, LLC i-wireless, LLC Air Voice Wireless, LLC Total Call Mobile, Inc. Telrite Corporation Global Connections Inc. of America Amerimex TracFone Blue Jay Wireless 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 3
Participation Stats cont. Pending Wireless Providers (as of June 30, 2016) California LifeLine 1. American Broadband 2. SelecTel, Inc. 3. Mobile Net POSA, Inc. 4. Excess Telecom, Inc. 5. Odin Mobile 6. Cellspan 7. Qlink 8. Assist Wireless 9. EZ Reach Mobile Federal Lifeline 1. American Broadband 2. QLink 3. IM Telecom LLC 4. Assist Wireless 4
Total Participants (End of June 2016) CA LifeLine Wireless Participants CA LifeLine Wireline Participants CA LifeLine Participants 1,529,497 575,073 2,104,570 5
CA LifeLine Wireless Participants (End of June 2016) Top 3 Carriers Assurance Wireless TracFone Wireless Budget PrePay Participants 480,669 259,455 208,532 6
CA LifeLine Participation Rate (end of June 2016) 8
CA LifeLine Participants (end of June 2016) 9
CA LifeLine Participation Rate Estimated Eligible Participants* 4,415,378 4,415,378 4,415,378 Approved Participants Participation Rate CA LifeLine Wireline Wireless Wireline + Wireless 575,073 1,530,872 2,105,945 13% 35% 48% * At or below 200% Federal Poverty Level, provided by DOF based on the Census Data. 10
Phase II Proceeding D.14-01-036 was issued on January 16, 2014, to modernize and expand the CA LifeLine Program. December 24, 2015 Commissioner Sandavol issued an amended scoping memo and ruling, including: Prioritization of Phase II issues include the following: California LifeLine Reimbursements (1st Quarter 2016) Analyze service connection/activation conversion discounts and reimbursement Payment floor SSA for services with 501-999 voice minutes; and 1,000 or more Revision of the weighted average Renewal Process more efficient Updating the Renewal Process Role of CBOs, carriers, TPA during the renewal process. Consumer Protection (2nd Quarter 2016) Affordability (3rd to 4th Quarter 2016) ETC Designation Process (3rd to 4th Quarter 2016) Enrollment Process (3rd to 4th Quarter 2016) CA LifeLine Service Elements (4th Quarter 2016) Update General Order 153 (4th Quarter 2016) Outreach (3rd to 4th Quarter 2016) 11
Phase II Proceeding cont. Reinstate service Connection/Activation and service Conversion charges to CA LifeLine Wireless through December 2016. Shall be permitted no more than twice annually per eligible LifeLine household. Comments due January 28, 2016 Reply Comments due February 22, 2016 March 4, 2016 Comments regarding remaining Phase II issues due. March 30, 2016 Reply Comments due. April 25, 26, 2016 - Workshop on Phase II issues. July 16, 18, 2016 Public Participation Hearings. 12
Enhanced Lifeline update Frontier Sent 600+ letters with applications to CA LifeLine subscribers who are residing on tribal lands (July 5, 2016). Hired a consultant in Native American Culture to affectively communicate to tribal communities. Met in person with tribal leaders to understand their needs. Trained their Call center reps the Enhanced Lifeline application. Budget Mobile Hasn t started testing yet but will notify CPUC once they start. 2 Pending wireless carriers to offer Enhanced Lifeline 13
Enhanced Lifeline End of January 2016 End of June 2016 Enhanced Lifeline carriers 1. Verizon 2. Ponderosa 3. Frontier Communications of the Southwest 4. Frontier Communications West Coast 5. Sierra Telephone 6. Siskiyou Telephone 7. AT&T 8. Budget Prepay (Wireless) 54 21 10 10 13 7 3 0 118 45 21 9 9 12 9 2 0 107 Total 14
Next Steps TPA is currently working on a methodology to provide notification in real-time to wireless carriers regarding addresses that plot within Federally Recognized Tribal Land areas. Continue to work with selected carriers to discuss outreach/education strategies to participants. Encourage wireless LifeLine providers to participate in Federal Enhanced Lifeline program. 15
Contact Information Anna Jew California LifeLine Implementation AML@cpuc.ca.gov; (415) 703-3087 Consumer Affairs Branch http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/puc/cec/e_complaint/; (800) 649-7570 CA LifeLine Administrator https://www.californialifeline.com/en (866) 272-0349 English (866) 272-0350 Spanish (866) 272-0351 Lao/Hmong (866) 272-0352 Khmer (866) 272-0353 Tagalog (866) 272-0354 Korean (866) 272-0355 Vietnamese (866) 272-0356 Chinese (866) 296-0860 Japanese 16
Thank you! For Additional Information: www.cpuc.ca.gov www.californialifeline.com/en 17
