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American telecommunications company Q Link Wireless
Company typeDivision
Industry
  • Wireless Telecommunications
Founded2011; 15 years ago (2011)
Defunct2024 (2024)
FateMerged into StandUP Wireless
Headquarters
  • Dania, Florida, U.S.
Area servedUnited States
Websitehttp://qlinkwireless.com/ (Archived November 18, 2024)

Q Link Wireless was an American telecommunications company based in Dania, Florida that provided free wireless services to Lifeline eligible consumers. The company also offered prepaid mobile phone services including wireless voice, messaging, and data services under the Hello Mobile brand.[1]

Q Link Wireless was one of multiple companies owned and operated under Quadrant Holdings, and was founded in 2011.[2]

Provided service

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Q Link Wireless provided service for low-income-eligible individuals, funded through the Universal Service Fund.[3] The company also offered general phone plans.[4]

Eligibility requirements

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Q Link Wireless offered free or discounted service to eligible Americans who are currently enrolled in a government benefit program or meet certain low-income requirements for their state. Government benefit programs that meet qualifications are standard and set by FCC. but commonly include Food Stamps (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), Medicaid, and Supplemental Security Income.[5]

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On June 9, 2021, the company's Florida headquarters was raided by the United States Postal Inspection Service in connection to an undisclosed ongoing investigation.[6] On October 15, 2024, the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of Florida announced that Q Link Wireless LLC had pleaded guilty to “conspiring to defraud and commit offenses (…) in connection with a years-long scheme to steal over $100 million” from the Lifeline federal program.[7] The CEO was sentenced to five years in jail and the company shut down.[8]

See also

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  • Assurance Wireless

References

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  1. ^ GmbH, finanzen net. "South Florida-Based Hello Mobile Beats Nationwide Prepaid Prices | Markets Insider". markets.businessinsider.com. Archived from the original on 2020-02-28. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  2. ^ "News & Events | Quadrant Holdings LLC". Quadrant Holdings, LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-02-05. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  3. ^ "Lifeline Program for Low-Income Consumers". Federal Communications Commission. 27 January 2012. Archived from the original on 8 October 2019. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
  4. ^ Cardenas, Alexa (2018-07-03). "Q Link's Phone Plan: Everything You Wanted to Know". Q Link Wireless Blog. Archived from the original on 2020-02-27. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  5. ^ "Lifeline Support for Affordable Communications". 4 March 2016. Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  6. ^ Scouten, Ted (9 June 2021). "Dania Beach Wireless Business Raided By Feds". CBS Miami.
  7. ^ "Nationwide telecommunications provider plead guilty to massively defrauding Federal Government programs meant to aid the needy". U.S. Department of Justice. 2024-10-15.
  8. ^ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/30/ceo_of_q_link_gets/. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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