Skip to main content

Independent guide — not the government, not a Lifeline provider

AK disbursement data

Alaska Lifeline disbursements by provider and year.

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

Quick answer

In June 2026, Alaska Lifeline disbursements totaled $190,109. The trailing 12-month total from July 2025 through June 2026 was $6,959,341.

$190K

June 2026 amount

51 source rows

$7.0M

Trailing 12 months

July 2025 through June 2026

$78.5M

Since January 2018

2,401,573 subscriber-count row total

5,903

Latest claim volume

Row-summed support count, not unique people

Top Alaska provider rows in June 2026

Study area nameSACAmountClaim volume
AIR VOICE WIRELESS - AK619015$72,9282,277
TRUCONNECT COMMUNICATIONS INC. - AK610001$54,8341,603
TRACFONE WIRELESS, INC. - AK610003$19,778581
DISH WIRELESS L.L.C. - AK619018$9,061282
ALASKA TELEPHONE COMPANY613017$8,774288
ACS - NORTHLAND GLACIER STATE613010$3,121102
TELRITE CORPORATION - AK619016$2,74080
KETCHIKAN PUBLIC UTILITIES613013$2,64279
ACS OF ANCHORAGE, INC.613000$2,47278
UNITED UTILITIES INC.613023$2,21376
COPPER VALLEY TEL. COOP. INC.613006$1,67750
TERRACOM, INC. - AK619017$1,522124
INTERIOR TELEPHONE COMPANY INC.613011$1,33144
ACS OF FAIRBANKS, INC.613008$1,28041
COPPER VALLEY WIRELESS619006$1,17137

Top Alaska provider rows, trailing 12 months

Study area nameSACAmountClaim volume
GCI COMMUNICATIONS CORP - WIRELESS619014$4,683,892138,943
AIR VOICE WIRELESS - AK619015$751,60522,567
TRUCONNECT COMMUNICATIONS INC. - AK610001$561,77916,412
MATANUSKA TELEPHONE ASSOC., INC.613015$219,0256,699
TRACFONE WIRELESS, INC. - AK610003$148,9684,370
ALASKA TELEPHONE COMPANY613017$118,0563,894
DISH WIRELESS L.L.C. - AK619018$88,1062,610
TELRITE CORPORATION - AK619016$58,5351,709
GCI COMMUNICATIONS619001$43,0051,714
ACS - NORTHLAND GLACIER STATE613010$42,6421,389
KETCHIKAN PUBLIC UTILITIES613013$34,1281,023
ACS OF ANCHORAGE, INC.613000$29,517942
UNITED UTILITIES INC.613023$28,907992
TERRACOM, INC. - AK619017$20,6731,678
COPPER VALLEY TEL. COOP. INC.613006$19,168611

Alaska 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$14,016,117444,260589
2019$11,659,831358,760713
2020$7,257,694220,863590
2021$9,965,241301,340700
2022$6,863,016208,243664
2023$10,807,465327,509681
2024$3,211,66599,429654
2025$11,774,308353,643896
2026$2,903,43687,526373

Alaska latest-month disbursement mix

Provider type

CETC

$162,545

85.5% of this breakdown

ILEC

$27,564

14.5% of this breakdown

Technology

WIRELESS

$162,487

85.5% of this breakdown

WIRELINE

$27,622

14.5% of this breakdown

Service type

BUNDLED

$162,219

85.3% of this breakdown

VOICE

$22,443

11.8% of this breakdown

BROADBAND

$5,497

2.9% of this breakdown

Not reported

-$50

-0.0% of this breakdown

Support type

TRIBAL

$187,264

98.5% of this breakdown

NON-TRIBAL

$2,895

1.5% of this breakdown

Not reported

-$50

-0.0% of this breakdown

Submission type

CLAIM

$190,212

100.1% of this breakdown

ADJUSTMENT

-$103

-0.1% of this breakdown

How to read this Alaska 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 Alaska.

For eligibility demand, use this with the State of Lifeline report and the Alaska 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%