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MD disbursement data

Maryland Lifeline disbursements by provider and year.

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

Quick answer

In June 2026, Maryland Lifeline disbursements totaled $991,600. The trailing 12-month total from July 2025 through June 2026 was $12,643,185.

$992K

June 2026 amount

60 source rows

$12.6M

Trailing 12 months

July 2025 through June 2026

$119.0M

Since January 2018

12,975,366 subscriber-count row total

108,449

Latest claim volume

Row-summed support count, not unique people

Top Maryland provider rows in June 2026

Study area nameSACAmountClaim volume
IM TELECOM, LLC - MD189034$274,67829,697
AIR VOICE WIRELESS - MD189040$218,04123,574
TAG MOBILE, LLC - MD189020$123,31213,334
TRACFONE WIRELESS, INC - MD189006$99,23510,730
GLOBAL CONNECTION INC OF AMERICA - MD189015$93,95210,157
VERIZON - MARYLAND, INC.185030$46,9225,349
CELLSPAN INC. - MD189033$43,7254,727
TRUCONNECT COMMUNICATIONS INC. - MD189043$32,6993,535
DISH WIRELESS L.L.C. - MD189042$30,6643,315
SAGE TELECOM COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - MD189032$9,7961,059
AMERICAN BROADBAND & TELECOMMUNICATIONS - MD189030$9,149989
TELRITE CORPORATION - MD189014$4,727511
TRUE WIRELESS - MD189018$3,802411
I-WIRELESS, LLC - MD189017$3,552384
TERRACOM INC. - MD189011$2,747297

Top Maryland provider rows, trailing 12 months

Study area nameSACAmountClaim volume
IM TELECOM, LLC - MD189034$2,691,008291,006
AIR VOICE WIRELESS - MD189040$2,162,983233,859
GLOBAL CONNECTION INC OF AMERICA - MD189015$1,932,837209,031
TRACFONE WIRELESS, INC - MD189006$1,278,270138,348
TAG MOBILE, LLC - MD189020$1,079,477116,718
VIRGIN MOBILE USA, LP - MD189009$1,023,653111,261
TRUCONNECT COMMUNICATIONS INC. - MD189043$547,46159,199
VERIZON - MARYLAND, INC.185030$537,42361,652
CELLSPAN INC. - MD189033$511,01955,283
AMERICAN BROADBAND & TELECOMMUNICATIONS - MD189030$182,70919,757
DISH WIRELESS L.L.C. - MD189042$180,94019,561
SAGE TELECOM COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - MD189032$180,09019,469
TELRITE CORPORATION - MD189014$109,20711,806
Q LINK WIRELESS, LLC - MD189028$76,0268,219
TERRACOM INC. - MD189011$56,3526,094

Maryland 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$18,516,4752,001,883540
2019$15,698,1841,719,489688
2020$14,457,7551,580,106619
2021$11,243,5381,237,371784
2022$8,847,414966,808573
2023$13,635,7871,484,533721
2024$16,512,8991,801,330916
2025$13,759,5721,492,938648
2026$6,363,030690,908332

Maryland latest-month disbursement mix

Provider type

CETC

$944,673

95.3% of this breakdown

ILEC

$46,927

4.7% of this breakdown

Technology

WIRELESS

$944,302

95.2% of this breakdown

WIRELINE

$47,298

4.8% of this breakdown

Service type

BUNDLED

$955,104

96.3% of this breakdown

BROADBAND

$41,968

4.2% of this breakdown

VOICE

$3,455

0.3% of this breakdown

Not reported

-$8,927

-0.9% of this breakdown

Support type

NON-TRIBAL

$1,000,527

100.9% of this breakdown

Not reported

-$8,927

-0.9% of this breakdown

Submission type

CLAIM

$1,000,527

100.9% of this breakdown

ADJUSTMENT

-$8,927

-0.9% of this breakdown

How to read this Maryland 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 Maryland.

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