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AR disbursement data

Arkansas Lifeline disbursements by provider and year.

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

Quick answer

In June 2026, Arkansas Lifeline disbursements totaled $576,084. The trailing 12-month total from July 2025 through June 2026 was $6,199,075.

$576K

June 2026 amount

105 source rows

$6.2M

Trailing 12 months

July 2025 through June 2026

$65.7M

Since January 2018

7,225,484 subscriber-count row total

62,577

Latest claim volume

Row-summed support count, not unique people

Top Arkansas provider rows in June 2026

Study area nameSACAmountClaim volume
AIR VOICE WIRELESS - AR409062$188,27420,356
TRACFONE WIRELESS, INC. - AR409014$101,27910,950
TAG MOBILE, LLC - AR409015$92,92610,047
DISH WIRELESS L.L.C. - AR409063$73,7977,979
CELLSPAN INC. - AR409036$28,0653,034
GLOBAL CONNECTION INC. OF AMERICA - AR409023$26,6312,879
TRUCONNECT COMMUNICATIONS INC. - AR400001$15,1981,644
AMERICAN BROADBAND & TELECOMMUNICATIONS - AR409039$10,8601,175
TERRACOM, INC. - AR409021$10,4901,134
TRUE WIRELESS - AR409031$6,919748
TELRITE CORPORATION - AR409016$4,773516
SAGE TELECOM COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - AR409037$3,978430
EASY TELEPHONE SERVICES - AR409017$1,968371
ALLTEL ARKANSAS, INC.401691$1,725189
I-WIRELESS, LLC - AR409027$1,628176

Top Arkansas provider rows, trailing 12 months

Study area nameSACAmountClaim volume
AIR VOICE WIRELESS - AR409062$1,917,673207,359
TRACFONE WIRELESS, INC. - AR409014$1,278,879138,279
TAG MOBILE, LLC - AR409015$804,38186,994
GLOBAL CONNECTION INC. OF AMERICA - AR409023$469,81550,802
DISH WIRELESS L.L.C. - AR409063$468,84050,692
VIRGIN MOBILE USA, LP - AR409025$355,38038,431
CELLSPAN INC. - AR409036$222,36438,586
AMERICAN BROADBAND & TELECOMMUNICATIONS - AR409039$180,05819,474
TRUCONNECT COMMUNICATIONS INC. - AR400001$168,82418,254
TERRACOM, INC. - AR409021$144,24715,606
TELRITE CORPORATION - AR409016$113,47312,269
SAGE TELECOM COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - AR409037$82,2628,894
Q LINK WIRELESS, LLC - AR409040$41,7834,518
TRUE WIRELESS - AR409031$41,7304,513
EASY TELEPHONE SERVICES - AR409017$33,7506,383

Arkansas 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$9,437,0521,021,3551,003
2019$8,623,616932,6081,140
2020$8,084,805883,6081,153
2021$6,861,994758,6821,382
2022$5,619,027617,1791,263
2023$9,470,2681,036,1111,455
2024$8,038,361885,0891,496
2025$6,183,129707,8931,454
2026$3,391,312382,959688

Arkansas latest-month disbursement mix

Provider type

CETC

$569,732

98.9% of this breakdown

ILEC

$6,352

1.1% of this breakdown

Technology

WIRELESS

$568,381

98.7% of this breakdown

WIRELINE

$7,703

1.3% of this breakdown

Service type

BUNDLED

$555,818

96.5% of this breakdown

BROADBAND

$16,781

2.9% of this breakdown

VOICE

$3,549

0.6% of this breakdown

Not reported

-$64

-0.0% of this breakdown

Support type

NON-TRIBAL

$576,148

100.0% of this breakdown

Not reported

-$64

-0.0% of this breakdown

Submission type

CLAIM

$576,148

100.0% of this breakdown

ADJUSTMENT

-$64

-0.0% of this breakdown

How to read this Arkansas 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 Arkansas.

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