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AL disbursement data

Alabama Lifeline disbursements by provider and year.

A state-level view of USAC Lifeline disbursement records for Alabama, including latest-month reimbursements, trailing 12-month totals, annual totals, study-area/provider rows, and support-type breakouts.

Quick answer

In June 2026, Alabama Lifeline disbursements totaled $921,471. The trailing 12-month total from July 2025 through June 2026 was $10,919,929.

$921K

June 2026 amount

85 source rows

$10.9M

Trailing 12 months

July 2025 through June 2026

$87.1M

Since January 2018

9,538,666 subscriber-count row total

99,810

Latest claim volume

Row-summed support count, not unique people

Top Alabama provider rows in June 2026

Study area nameSACAmountClaim volume
AIR VOICE WIRELESS - AL259069$220,15023,807
IM TELECOM, LLC - AL259071$199,71721,599
TRACFONE WIRELESS INC. - AL259021$151,70916,406
DISH WIRELESS L.L.C. - AL259073$140,73915,215
TAG MOBILITY, LLC - AL250002$114,44112,376
GLOBAL CONNECTION INC OF AMERICA - AL259072$28,2133,050
TERRACOM, INC. - AL259068$21,9882,378
TRUCONNECT COMMUNICATIONS INC. - AL259065$19,3602,095
AMERICAN BROADBAND & TELECOMMUNICATIONS - AL250001$9,7871,059
I-WIRELESS, LLC - AL259041$4,570494
TELRITE CORPORATION - AL259066$3,931425
FARMERS TEL. COOP., INC.-AL250290$1,602184
CENTURYTEL OF ALABAMA, LLC (NORTHERN)259789$1,128204
AMERIMEX COMMUNICATIONS CORP. - AL259074$1,064115
ROANOKE TEL. CO., INC.250317$61878

Top Alabama provider rows, trailing 12 months

Study area nameSACAmountClaim volume
IM TELECOM, LLC - AL259071$2,295,183248,305
AIR VOICE WIRELESS - AL259069$2,252,559243,556
TRACFONE WIRELESS INC. - AL259021$1,926,658208,345
VIRGIN MOBILE USA, LP - AL259032$1,126,158121,817
TAG MOBILITY, LLC - AL250002$980,960106,083
DISH WIRELESS L.L.C. - AL259073$800,16086,514
GLOBAL CONNECTION INC OF AMERICA - AL259072$510,88555,263
TERRACOM, INC. - AL259068$305,84533,091
TRUCONNECT COMMUNICATIONS INC. - AL259065$250,49327,090
AMERICAN BROADBAND & TELECOMMUNICATIONS - AL250001$132,41414,319
TELRITE CORPORATION - AL259066$109,00311,790
I-WIRELESS, LLC - AL259041$70,3677,609
Q LINK WIRELESS, LLC - AL259067$48,3225,225
AMERIMEX COMMUNICATIONS CORP. - AL259074$24,7392,689
FARMERS TEL. COOP., INC.-AL250290$22,8672,626

Alabama annual disbursement totals

Annual totals are grouped by disbursement year. Adjustment rows are included, so this is a cash-flow view of the data rather than a pure service-month enrollment series.

YearAmountClaim volumeRows
2018$14,431,6421,589,9051,065
2019$11,386,5071,236,985979
2020$8,562,106947,4441,009
2021$6,395,483724,3601,603
2022$5,664,989620,2851,099
2023$11,120,1761,213,2331,106
2024$12,394,6721,345,1781,150
2025$11,516,5231,247,7391,250
2026$5,665,999613,537639

Alabama latest-month disbursement mix

Provider type

CETC

$916,160

99.4% of this breakdown

ILEC

$5,311

0.6% of this breakdown

Technology

WIRELESS

$916,030

99.4% of this breakdown

WIRELINE

$5,441

0.6% of this breakdown

Service type

BUNDLED

$892,030

96.8% of this breakdown

BROADBAND

$27,521

3.0% of this breakdown

VOICE

$2,185

0.2% of this breakdown

Not reported

-$265

-0.0% of this breakdown

Support type

NON-TRIBAL

$921,521

100.0% of this breakdown

TRIBAL

$215

0.0% of this breakdown

Not reported

-$265

-0.0% of this breakdown

Submission type

CLAIM

$921,736

100.0% of this breakdown

ADJUSTMENT

-$265

-0.0% of this breakdown

How to read this Alabama data

Data source: USAC Lifeline program data at https://www.usac.org/lifeline/resources/program-data/. Study Area Name is the legal or study-area label in the source data, not always the consumer brand name.

Glossary source: Lifeline Disbursements Dataset Glossary, last updated September 22, 2020. USAC describes this dataset as monthly Lifeline Program dollars disbursed to Eligible Telecommunications Carriers (ETCs) since January 2018. The glossary says the fields are self-reported by program applicants and that missing values usually occur where a field was not required.

Subscriber Count is summed across claim rows. Use it as subscriber-month claim volume, not as a unique count of people in Alabama.

For eligibility demand, use this with the State of Lifeline report and the Alabama Lifeline guide.

Study Area Code

Unique six-digit identifier assigned to an ETC for a service area.

Field completeness: 100%

Support Year / Month

The data month from FCC Form 497 or the Lifeline Claims System.

Field completeness: 100%

Submission Type

Whether the source row is a claim or an adjustment.

Field completeness: 100%

Disbursement Type

Whether funds came from Lifeline, Link Up, or Toll Limitation Services.

Field completeness: 100%

Subscriber Count

Number of subscribers being claimed in the source row.

Field completeness: 100%

Disbursement Amount

Amount of funding disbursed to the carrier.

Field completeness: 100%