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MA disbursement data

Massachusetts Lifeline disbursements by provider and year.

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

Quick answer

In June 2026, Massachusetts Lifeline disbursements totaled $374,260. The trailing 12-month total from July 2025 through June 2026 was $7,480,937.

$374K

June 2026 amount

13 source rows

$7.5M

Trailing 12 months

July 2025 through June 2026

$98.6M

Since January 2018

10,942,773 subscriber-count row total

41,998

Latest claim volume

Row-summed support count, not unique people

Top Massachusetts provider rows in June 2026

Study area nameSACAmountClaim volume
TRACFONE WIRELESS INC. - MA119002$188,70920,401
GLOBAL CONNECTION INC OF AMERICA - MA119005$72,8447,876
VERIZON NEW ENGLAND - MA115112$69,8569,088
TRUCONNECT COMMUNICATIONS INC. - MA119012$35,2243,808
TELRITE CORPORATION - MA119013$5,883636
CITY OF WESTFIELD GAS & ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT119010$1,739188
GRANBY TEL. & TELE. CO.-MA110036$51

Top Massachusetts provider rows, trailing 12 months

Study area nameSACAmountClaim volume
VIRGIN MOBILE USA, LP - MA119003$2,502,251270,577
TRACFONE WIRELESS INC. - MA119002$2,386,167257,996
GLOBAL CONNECTION INC OF AMERICA - MA119005$1,242,350134,336
VERIZON NEW ENGLAND - MA115112$813,214107,350
TRUCONNECT COMMUNICATIONS INC. - MA119012$381,50041,246
TELRITE CORPORATION - MA119013$135,30314,629
CITY OF WESTFIELD GAS & ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT119010$20,0832,171
GRANBY TEL. & TELE. CO.-MA110036$6913

Massachusetts 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$19,092,1932,064,221235
2019$14,081,3591,522,882434
2020$11,187,8781,269,825407
2021$8,094,800954,040563
2022$7,846,951890,568255
2023$12,251,9731,351,402340
2024$13,141,0391,463,125422
2025$9,534,2451,053,766292
2026$3,362,265372,944119

Massachusetts latest-month disbursement mix

Provider type

CETC

$304,399

81.3% of this breakdown

ILEC

$69,861

18.7% of this breakdown

Technology

WIRELESS

$302,660

80.9% of this breakdown

WIRELINE

$71,600

19.1% of this breakdown

Service type

BUNDLED

$312,678

83.5% of this breakdown

BROADBAND

$42,938

11.5% of this breakdown

VOICE

$18,653

5.0% of this breakdown

Not reported

-$9

-0.0% of this breakdown

Support type

NON-TRIBAL

$374,269

100.0% of this breakdown

Not reported

-$9

-0.0% of this breakdown

Submission type

CLAIM

$374,269

100.0% of this breakdown

ADJUSTMENT

-$9

-0.0% of this breakdown

How to read this Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts.

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