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OH disbursement data

Ohio Lifeline disbursements by provider and year.

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

Quick answer

In June 2026, Ohio Lifeline disbursements totaled $2,290,014. The trailing 12-month total from July 2025 through June 2026 was $27,305,970.

$2.3M

June 2026 amount

309 source rows

$27.3M

Trailing 12 months

July 2025 through June 2026

$290.4M

Since January 2018

31,675,393 subscriber-count row total

251,955

Latest claim volume

Row-summed support count, not unique people

Top Ohio provider rows in June 2026

Study area nameSACAmountClaim volume
AIR VOICE WIRELESS - OH309019$835,69192,171
DISH WIRELESS L.L.C. - OH309033$499,29853,981
TRACFONE WIRELESS INC. - OH309002$293,70632,373
TAG MOBILITY, LLC - OH300002$270,39729,235
GLOBAL CONNECTION INC OF AMERICA - OH309016$202,79722,059
TRUCONNECT COMMUNICATIONS INC. - OH300001$47,4995,136
AMERICAN BROADBAND & TELECOMMUNICATIONS - OH309010$35,9543,897
SAGE TELECOM COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - OH309021$31,4323,398
I-WIRELESS, LLC - OH309007$25,4092,747
TELRITE CORPORATION - OH309018$15,9841,728
AMERIMEX COMMUNICATIONS CORP. - OH309031$13,5881,469
TERRACOM, INC. - OH309032$12,1641,315
VERIZON NORTH INC. - OH300615$4,651718
CINCINNATI BELL-OHIO305062$3,703486
BOOMERANG WIRELESS LLC - OH309014$2,491290

Top Ohio provider rows, trailing 12 months

Study area nameSACAmountClaim volume
AIR VOICE WIRELESS - OH309019$9,102,352986,002
TRACFONE WIRELESS INC. - OH309002$3,868,252419,406
GLOBAL CONNECTION INC OF AMERICA - OH309016$3,711,121401,266
VIRGIN MOBILE USA, LP - OH309005$2,944,175320,059
DISH WIRELESS L.L.C. - OH309033$2,931,663317,036
TAG MOBILITY, LLC - OH300002$1,777,278192,147
AMERICAN BROADBAND & TELECOMMUNICATIONS - OH309010$631,54368,294
SAGE TELECOM COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - OH309021$611,58566,118
I-WIRELESS, LLC - OH309007$402,26243,499
TELRITE CORPORATION - OH309018$349,94737,838
TRUCONNECT COMMUNICATIONS INC. - OH300001$282,74830,573
Q LINK WIRELESS, LLC - OH309015$198,99621,514
TERRACOM, INC. - OH309032$182,49519,736
AMERIMEX COMMUNICATIONS CORP. - OH309031$160,46317,361
BOOMERANG WIRELESS LLC - OH309014$31,9843,730

Ohio 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$45,784,5624,975,396994
2019$41,114,0854,448,9641,586
2020$34,917,4453,854,9901,919
2021$29,262,8493,244,9462,163
2022$24,306,5792,653,9921,067
2023$35,955,3023,920,6021,174
2024$36,639,1103,980,9061,435
2025$28,023,8543,035,8711,198
2026$14,372,4411,559,726731

Ohio latest-month disbursement mix

Provider type

CETC

$2,275,006

99.3% of this breakdown

ILEC

$15,008

0.7% of this breakdown

Technology

WIRELESS

$2,275,006

99.3% of this breakdown

WIRELINE

$15,008

0.7% of this breakdown

Service type

BUNDLED

$2,289,636

100.0% of this breakdown

BROADBAND

$29,222

1.3% of this breakdown

VOICE

$6,659

0.3% of this breakdown

Not reported

-$35,503

-1.6% of this breakdown

Support type

NON-TRIBAL

$2,325,517

101.6% of this breakdown

Not reported

-$35,503

-1.6% of this breakdown

Submission type

CLAIM

$2,325,517

101.6% of this breakdown

ADJUSTMENT

-$35,503

-1.6% of this breakdown

How to read this Ohio 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 Ohio.

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