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PA disbursement data

Pennsylvania Lifeline disbursements by provider and year.

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

Quick answer

In June 2026, Pennsylvania Lifeline disbursements totaled $3,396,989. The trailing 12-month total from July 2025 through June 2026 was $40,718,690.

$3.4M

June 2026 amount

125 source rows

$40.7M

Trailing 12 months

July 2025 through June 2026

$305.2M

Since January 2018

33,394,340 subscriber-count row total

369,107

Latest claim volume

Row-summed support count, not unique people

Top Pennsylvania provider rows in June 2026

Study area nameSACAmountClaim volume
IM TELECOM, LLC - PA179043$834,86890,272
AIR VOICE WIRELESS - PA179025$583,62963,098
SAGE TELECOM COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - PA179027$540,49658,435
TRACFONE WIRELESS INC. - PA179011$390,04742,170
TAG MOBILE, LLC - PA179019$325,48935,190
AMERIMEX COMMUNICATIONS CORP. - PA179024$214,61923,202
GLOBAL CONNECTION INC OF AMERICA - PA179018$206,46022,320
DISH WIRELESS L.L.C. - PA170001$118,53012,815
VERIZON PENNSYLVANIA, INC.175000$95,07811,471
AMERICAN BROADBAND & TELECOMMUNICATIONS - PA179030$28,6753,101
TELRITE CORPORATION - PA179021$13,3391,442
BOOMERANG WIRELESS LLC - PA179031$11,6581,285
YOURTEL AMERICA, INC. - PA179013$10,4991,135
I-WIRELESS, LLC - PA179029$6,946751
ALLTEL PENNSYLVANIA,INC.170176$4,846555

Top Pennsylvania provider rows, trailing 12 months

Study area nameSACAmountClaim volume
IM TELECOM, LLC - PA179043$9,897,6161,070,289
SAGE TELECOM COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - PA179027$6,297,443680,887
AIR VOICE WIRELESS - PA179025$6,022,147651,101
TRACFONE WIRELESS INC. - PA179011$4,997,538540,381
GLOBAL CONNECTION INC OF AMERICA - PA179018$3,756,367406,252
VIRGIN MOBILE USA, LP - PA179012$3,037,302328,441
TAG MOBILE, LLC - PA179019$2,878,630311,220
VERIZON PENNSYLVANIA, INC.175000$1,098,127134,003
AMERIMEX COMMUNICATIONS CORP. - PA179024$747,98980,869
AMERICAN BROADBAND & TELECOMMUNICATIONS - PA179030$514,10755,588
DISH WIRELESS L.L.C. - PA170001$454,86249,179
TELRITE CORPORATION - PA179021$298,02032,219
YOURTEL AMERICA, INC. - PA179013$205,86422,261
Q LINK WIRELESS, LLC - PA179020$195,85921,177
I-WIRELESS, LLC - PA179029$92,1169,959

Pennsylvania 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$48,291,3155,220,8781,212
2019$40,414,7394,370,0591,684
2020$32,578,8603,598,7271,400
2021$26,222,0852,947,8091,927
2022$21,629,7952,403,0821,370
2023$34,503,4553,780,0961,425
2024$40,308,1424,409,0011,628
2025$40,328,8484,387,4361,583
2026$20,966,6282,277,252749

Pennsylvania latest-month disbursement mix

Provider type

CETC

$3,285,497

96.7% of this breakdown

ILEC

$111,492

3.3% of this breakdown

Technology

WIRELESS

$3,285,255

96.7% of this breakdown

WIRELINE

$111,734

3.3% of this breakdown

Service type

BUNDLED

$3,288,694

96.8% of this breakdown

BROADBAND

$86,322

2.5% of this breakdown

VOICE

$22,271

0.7% of this breakdown

Not reported

-$298

-0.0% of this breakdown

Support type

NON-TRIBAL

$3,397,287

100.0% of this breakdown

Not reported

-$298

-0.0% of this breakdown

Submission type

CLAIM

$3,397,287

100.0% of this breakdown

ADJUSTMENT

-$298

-0.0% of this breakdown

How to read this Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania.

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