{"id":19265,"date":"2026-06-22T22:33:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tagmobile.com\/blog\/what-is-tag-mobile-and-how-does-the-lifeline-program-work"},"modified":"2026-06-22T23:09:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T23:09:00","slug":"what-is-tag-mobile-and-how-does-the-lifeline-program-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tagmobile.com\/blog\/what-is-tag-mobile-and-how-does-the-lifeline-program-work","title":{"rendered":"What is TAG Mobile and how does the Lifeline program work?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAG Mobile is an FCC-approved, nationwide Lifeline provider that gives eligible low-income households free monthly cell phone service through the federal Lifeline program.<\/p>\n<h2>What is the Lifeline program?<\/h2>\n<p>Lifeline is a federal benefit program created by the FCC to make phone and internet service affordable for qualifying consumers. The program applies a monthly discount to service, so eligible households can stay connected at little or no cost.<\/p>\n<h2>How TAG Mobile delivers Lifeline service<\/h2>\n<p>TAG Mobile partners with major nationwide networks to provide 5G\/4G LTE coverage. Once your application is approved, you receive free talk, text, and data each month, plus a free or discounted phone. The benefit is limited to one per household.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"\/apply?utm_source=help_center&#038;utm_medium=faq_cta&#038;utm_content=what-is-tag-mobile-and-how-does-the-lifeline-program-work\">Enter your ZIP code<\/a> to check eligibility and start your free service.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TAG Mobile is an FCC-approved, nationwide Lifeline provider that gives eligible low-income households free monthly cell phone service through the federal Lifeline program. What is the Lifeline program? Lifeline is a federal benefit program created by the FCC to make phone and internet service affordable for qualifying consumers. The program applies a monthly discount to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-getting-started"],"featured_image_src":"","featured_image_src_square":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"khai do","author_link":"https:\/\/tagmobile.com\/blog\/author\/khaido\/"},"rbea_author_info":{"display_name":"khai do","author_link":"https:\/\/tagmobile.com\/blog\/author\/khaido\/"},"rbea_excerpt_info":"TAG Mobile is an FCC-approved, nationwide Lifeline provider that gives eligible low-income households free monthly cell phone service through the federal Lifeline program. What is the Lifeline program? Lifeline is a federal benefit program created by the FCC to make phone and internet service affordable for qualifying consumers. The program applies a monthly discount to [&hellip;]","category_list":"<a href=\"https:\/\/tagmobile.com\/blog\/help-center\/getting-started\" rel=\"category tag\">Getting Started<\/a>","comments_num":"0 comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tagmobile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tagmobile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tagmobile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tagmobile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tagmobile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19265"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tagmobile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19326,"href":"https:\/\/tagmobile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19265\/revisions\/19326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tagmobile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tagmobile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tagmobile.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}