Free Government Phone in Massachusetts

Eligible Massachusetts residents can receive a free smartphone with unlimited talk, text, and data through the Lifeline Program.

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Who Qualifies in Massachusetts?

You may qualify for a free government phone in Massachusetts if you participate in any of these programs:

Income-Based Eligibility

Even without program participation, Massachusetts residents whose household income is at or below 135% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines may qualify. See full income limits →

What You Receive

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Free Smartphone

A working smartphone at no cost

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Unlimited Talk & Text

No limits on calls and messages

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High-Speed Data

Monthly data for apps and browsing

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Hotspot Service

Share connection with other devices

How to Apply in Massachusetts

Check Eligibility

Verify you meet program or income requirements for Massachusetts.

Submit Application

Apply online with proof of eligibility — benefit letter, EBT card, or income docs.

Get Your Phone

Your free smartphone ships within 5-10 business days. Activate and use immediately.

⚠️ Important
  • One Lifeline benefit per household
  • Annual recertification required
  • ACP ended June 2024 — Lifeline is the active program

Cities in Massachusetts

499 cities covered — find Lifeline info for your area

Boston (690,000)Worcester (205,839)Springfield (154,993)Cambridge (117,275)Lowell (114,613)Brockton (104,713)Quincy (101,163)Lynn (101,001)New Bedford (100,991)Fall River (93,936)Lawrence (88,441)Newton (88,074)Somerville (80,246)Framingham (71,893)Haverhill (67,407)Malden (65,339)Waltham (64,560)Brookline (CDP) (62,698)Plymouth (61,938)Taunton (59,683)Revere (59,521)Medford (58,854)Weymouth Town (57,660)Chicopee (55,222)Peabody (54,145)Barnstable Town (48,922)Everett (48,730)Attleboro (46,384)Arlington (CDP) (45,906)Salem (44,633)Leominster (43,732)Pittsfield (43,717)Beverly (42,414)Fitchburg (41,652)Marlborough (41,264)Woburn (41,182)Westfield (40,621)Chelsea (39,069)Braintree Town (38,748)Shrewsbury (38,348)Holyoke (37,866)Natick (36,521)Chelmsford (36,046)Randolph Town (34,711)Lexington (CDP) (34,221)Lexington (33,965)Amherst Town (33,389)Dartmouth (33,330)Falmouth (33,114)Franklin Town (32,785)Dracut (32,281)Needham (32,081)Needham (CDP) (31,957)Norwood (31,400)Norwood (CDP) (31,343)Tewksbury (31,025)North Attleborough Town (30,908)North Andover (30,708)Wellesley (30,491)Milford (30,358)Gloucester (29,971)Wellesley (CDP) (29,862)Northampton (29,538)Melrose (29,409)Stoughton (29,137)Saugus (28,718)West Springfield Town (28,663)Agawam Town (28,606)Saugus (CDP) (28,566)Bridgewater Town (28,531)Milton (28,490)Milton (CDP) (28,450)Danvers (CDP) (27,910)Danvers (27,884)Milford (CDP) (27,569)Wakefield (27,200)Wakefield (CDP) (27,054)Belmont (CDP) (26,997)Walpole (26,433)Burlington (CDP) (26,169)Marshfield (25,893)Reading (CDP) (25,415)Reading (25,316)Yarmouth (25,313)Easton (25,156)Dedham (25,150)Dedham (CDP) (25,150)Westford (24,531)Canton (24,527)Middleborough (24,462)Hingham (24,272)Mansfield (23,906)Wareham (23,319)Wilmington (CDP) (23,191)Wilmington (23,067)Stoneham (CDP) (22,992)Stoneham (22,911)Winchester (CDP) (22,809)Winchester (22,734)Westborough (21,543)Gardner (21,022)Ludlow (20,854)Sandwich (20,592)Marblehead (CDP) (20,350)Marblehead (20,312)Holden (19,957)Hudson (19,869)Grafton (19,835)Scituate (19,171)Norton (19,130)Sudbury (19,102)Hopkinton (19,022)Winthrop Town (18,641)Foxborough (18,536)Sharon (18,491)Pembroke (18,434)Newburyport (18,298)Somerset (CDP) (18,266)Somerset (18,243)Concord (18,208)South Hadley (18,188)Southbridge Town (17,835)Rockland (17,786)Webster (17,685)Greenfield (17,677)Swansea (17,303)Abington (CDP) (17,003)Westport (16,412)East Longmeadow (16,346)Northbridge (16,316)Westwood (16,253)Duxbury (16,164)Fairhaven (15,835)Longmeadow (CDP) (15,789)Northborough (15,718)Longmeadow (15,698)Seekonk (15,621)Hudson (CDP) (15,496)Clinton (15,456)North Reading (15,388)Mashpee (15,363)Whitman (15,293)Swampscott (15,189)Raynham (15,170)Swampscott (CDP) (15,125)Dennis (14,905)Holliston (14,900)Hanover (14,893)Wilbraham (14,526)Nantucket (14,506)East Bridgewater (14,490)Uxbridge (14,314)Millbury (13,906)Ipswich (13,826)Wayland (13,786)Kingston (13,783)Harwich (13,624)Charlton (13,352)Oxford (13,348)Medway (13,136)Lynnfield (12,984)Lynnfield (CDP) (12,925)Medfield (12,911)Rehoboth (12,730)North Adams (12,668)Tyngsborough (12,468)Palmer Town (12,385)Webster (CDP) (12,264)Wrentham (12,192)Spencer (11,980)Dudley (11,920)Lunenburg (11,863)South Yarmouth (11,805)Lakeville (11,769)Carver (11,677)Pepperell (11,621)Weston (11,591)Norfolk (11,494)Holbrook (11,345)Holbrook (CDP) (11,338)Norwell (11,328)Groton (11,209)Leicester (11,084)Hanson (10,689)Maynard (CDP) (10,671)Maynard (10,618)Nantucket (CDP) (10,479)Southborough (10,465)Winchendon (10,394)Hull (10,118)Littleton (10,116)Hull (CDP) (10,116)Ware (10,003)Sturbridge (9,906)Plainville (9,905)Middleton (9,731)Andover (CDP) (9,419)Sutton (9,400)Salisbury (9,227)Freetown (9,222)Southwick (9,212)Rutland (9,207)Athol (CDP) (9,148)Douglas (9,085)Townsend (9,017)Millis (8,671)Montague (8,490)Georgetown (8,435)Cohasset (8,378)Lancaster (8,316)Westminster (8,309)Templeton (8,182)Sterling (8,177)Dighton (8,174)Monson (8,115)Upton (8,085)Middleborough Center (7,807)Halifax (7,756)West Boylston (7,704)West Bridgewater (7,702)Mansfield Center (7,690)Plymouth (CDP) (7,649)Orange (7,578)Hamilton (7,554)Williamstown (7,433)Clinton (CDP) (7,361)Whitinsville (7,273)Great Barrington (7,170)Stow (7,089)Rockport (6,958)Cochituate (6,937)Lincoln (6,907)Harvard (6,865)Shirley (6,846)Groveland (6,754)Merrimac (6,721)Newbury (6,716)Chatham (6,694)Northborough (CDP) (6,677)Mattapoisett (6,581)East Falmouth (6,558)Topsfield (6,540)West Concord (6,450)Pinehurst (6,426)Orleans (6,418)Walpole (CDP) (6,373)Medfield (CDP) (6,318)Dalton (6,315)Foxborough (CDP) (6,312)Mendon (6,276)Ware (CDP) (6,253)Southampton (6,233)Rowley (6,129)West Yarmouth (6,098)Granby (6,096)Kingston (CDP) (6,090)Hopedale (6,025)Sharon (CDP) (5,983)Yarmouth Port (5,971)Dover (5,895)Eastham (5,834)Rochester (5,768)Lee (5,768)Adams (CDP) (5,722)East Harwich (5,693)North Scituate (5,675)Spencer (CDP) (5,637)Hingham (CDP) (5,606)Bliss Corner (5,591)Oak Bluffs (5,464)Scituate (CDP) (5,442)Oxford (CDP) (5,410)Manchester-by-the-Sea (5,376)Marion (5,321)Edgartown (5,313)Hadley (5,295)Salisbury (CDP) (5,269)Carlisle (5,197)Deerfield (5,146)The Pinehills (5,127)Lenox (5,097)Raynham Center (5,074)Paxton (5,029)Warren (4,975)Rockport (CDP) (4,943)Hampden (4,939)Tisbury (4,936)Wenham (4,923)Ipswich (CDP) (4,872)Marshfield (CDP) (4,868)North Brookfield (4,762)Millis-Clicquot (4,718)North Westport (4,660)Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock (4,637)Bellingham (CDP) (4,636)Smith Mills (4,556)West Newbury (4,555)Williamstown (CDP) (4,498)Winchendon (CDP) (4,461)North Plymouth (4,418)Sherborn (4,402)Westborough (CDP) (4,381)Hubbardston (4,329)Hopedale (CDP) (4,137)Northwest Harwich (4,076)Sagamore (3,966)North Pembroke (3,954)Forestdale (3,912)Falmouth (CDP) (3,883)Wilbraham (CDP) (3,839)Turners Falls (3,838)West Brookfield (3,821)East Sandwich (3,787)Orange (CDP) (3,731)Provincetown (3,714)East Dennis (3,711)Essex (3,676)Sunderland (3,659)West Tisbury (3,642)Wellfleet (3,640)North Lakeville (3,635)Princeton (3,511)Provincetown (CDP) (3,433)South Duxbury (3,409)Dunstable (3,352)Sheffield (3,340)Nahant (CDP) (3,336)Hatfield (3,336)Nahant (3,317)Dennis Port (3,300)Hopkinton (CDP) (3,298)Cheshire (3,248)Millville (3,165)Acushnet Center (3,164)South Dennis (3,101)Lanesborough (3,045)Monument Beach (3,024)Buzzards Bay (2,993)Ayer (CDP) (2,969)Sandwich (CDP) (2,948)Plympton (2,940)Cordaville (2,884)Northfield (2,872)Littleton Common (2,870)Fiskdale (2,827)Topsfield (CDP) (2,799)West Dennis (2,732)North Seekonk (2,726)Boxford (CDP) (2,714)Ocean Grove (2,691)Hardwick (2,671)Wareham Center (2,654)Belchertown (CDP) (2,648)Mattapoisett Center (2,645)Pocasset (2,627)West Wareham (2,605)Upton (CDP) (2,596)Holland (2,586)Norton Center (2,580)East Douglas (2,562)Dover (CDP) (2,512)Williamsburg (2,492)Truro (2,489)Cedar Crest (2,460)Marshfield Hills (2,458)North Brookfield (CDP) (2,437)Vineyard Haven (2,367)North Falmouth (2,318)Baldwinville (2,286)Harwich Port (2,252)White Island Shores (2,223)Sturbridge (CDP) (2,222)East Brookfield (2,218)Pepperell (CDP) (2,205)Lunenburg (CDP) (2,149)Huntington (2,090)Hanson (CDP) (2,087)Stockbridge (2,017)Lenox (CDP) (1,999)East Pepperell (1,999)North Eastham (1,971)South Deerfield (1,953)Hinsdale (1,917)Dennis (CDP) (1,898)Great Barrington (CDP) (1,890)Shelburne (1,890)Essex (CDP) (1,880)Leverett (1,864)Oakham (1,854)Wales (1,818)West Falmouth (1,793)Hanscom AFB (1,784)Bourne (CDP) (1,782)Conway (1,767)Devens (1,763)Duxbury (CDP) (1,761)Brewster (CDP) (1,739)Shutesbury (1,728)Phillipston (1,727)Shelburne Falls (1,699)Rutland (CDP) (1,690)Monson Center (1,673)Orleans (CDP) (1,665)Erving (1,664)Clarksburg (1,658)Rowley (CDP) (1,642)South Lancaster (1,642)Otis (1,637)Russell (1,637)Chatham (CDP) (1,637)West Chatham (1,633)Whately (1,629)Westhampton (1,626)Colrain (1,613)Weweantic (1,593)Teaticket (1,561)Gill (1,551)Granville (1,536)West Brookfield (CDP) (1,532)New Marlborough (1,527)Oak Bluffs (CDP) (1,521)Lee (CDP) (1,507)Groton (CDP) (1,472)Holland (CDP) (1,452)Harwich Center (1,419)Richmond (1,411)Egremont (1,376)Shirley (CDP) (1,359)East Brookfield (CDP) (1,345)West Stockbridge (1,344)Hatfield (CDP) (1,331)Onset (1,326)Pelham (1,274)Mashpee Neck (1,270)Royalston (1,262)Chilmark (1,246)Chester (1,220)Petersham (1,192)Worthington (1,191)Chesterfield (1,186)Charlemont (1,184)Granby (CDP) (1,176)Green Harbor (1,174)Townsend (CDP) (1,131)Monterey (1,094)Millers Falls (1,061)South Ashburnham (1,049)New Salem (995)New Braintree (994)Woods Hole (992)Sandisfield (986)Housatonic (985)Marion Center (980)Goshen (957)Brookfield (CDP) (948)Wendell (929)Northfield (CDP) (908)Huntington (CDP) (865)West Warren (826)Windsor (825)Cummington (825)Montgomery (816)Peru (808)Chester (CDP) (795)Warwick (783)Hancock (749)New Seabury (738)Leyden (736)Heath (725)Florida (688)Savoy (649)Plainfield (634)Edgartown (CDP) (610)Seabrook (595)Barre (CDP) (594)Russell (CDP) (573)Warren (CDP) (567)Cheshire (CDP) (547)Washington (495)Deerfield (CDP) (486)Tolland (466)Tyringham (428)Rowe (424)Middlefield (394)Popponesset (366)Hawley (354)Blandford (CDP) (349)Madaket (318)Petersham (CDP) (275)Lenox Dale (255)New Ashford (247)Mount Washington (160)Seconsett Island (137)Monomoscoy Island (123)Monroe (116)Siasconset (115)Popponesset Island (70)Gosnold (69)Avon
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