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TX disbursement data

Texas Lifeline disbursements by provider and year.

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

Quick answer

In June 2026, Texas Lifeline disbursements totaled $2,510,891. The trailing 12-month total from July 2025 through June 2026 was $25,934,164.

$2.5M

June 2026 amount

149 source rows

$25.9M

Trailing 12 months

July 2025 through June 2026

$280.0M

Since January 2018

30,909,225 subscriber-count row total

272,389

Latest claim volume

Row-summed support count, not unique people

Top Texas provider rows in June 2026

Study area nameSACAmountClaim volume
TAG MOBILE, LLC - TX449075$1,539,006166,432
DISH WIRELESS L.L.C. - TX449108$537,92558,163
TRACFONE WIRELESS INC. - TX449058$228,70225,187
GLOBAL CONNECTION INC OF AMERICA - TX449073$90,0119,733
SAGE TELECOM COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - TX449082$42,5324,598
TELRITE CORPORATION - TX449077$33,4573,619
GTE SW DBA VERIZON SW INC. - TEXAS442080$23,4262,689
VALOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS OF TEXAS441163$3,856449
EASTEX TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE INC.442068$1,752205
I-WIRELESS, LLC - TX449069$1,471159
TXU COMMUNICATIONS TELEPHONE442109$878113
UNITED TELEPHONE CO. OF TEXAS INC.442084$847160
TERRACOM INC. - TX449064$78685
ETEX TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE INC.442070$75793
GUADALUPE VALLEY TEL CO-OP. INC.442083$61869

Top Texas provider rows, trailing 12 months

Study area nameSACAmountClaim volume
TAG MOBILE, LLC - TX449075$13,291,3611,437,473
DISH WIRELESS L.L.C. - TX449108$3,258,702352,356
TRACFONE WIRELESS INC. - TX449058$3,061,043337,105
VIRGIN MOBILE USA, LP - TX449061$2,876,520311,662
GLOBAL CONNECTION INC OF AMERICA - TX449073$1,325,690143,410
TELRITE CORPORATION - TX449077$735,62679,643
SAGE TELECOM COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - TX449082$689,19974,554
Q LINK WIRELESS, LLC - TX449071$316,75734,248
GTE SW DBA VERIZON SW INC. - TEXAS442080$140,88116,388
VALOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS OF TEXAS441163$42,6115,119
EASTEX TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE INC.442068$21,9972,603
NTS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.449024$21,8662,367
I-WIRELESS, LLC - TX449069$17,2901,869
TERRACOM INC. - TX449064$15,8761,719
TXU COMMUNICATIONS TELEPHONE442109$12,5511,639

Texas 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$56,629,6236,123,9941,772
2019$43,785,4234,735,7661,624
2020$38,689,1434,308,9124,387
2021$29,076,3323,328,7682,011
2022$23,680,8552,603,4421,972
2023$26,463,8083,102,6662,022
2024$24,843,1792,706,0131,994
2025$22,482,5842,443,9311,921
2026$14,338,0621,555,733948

Texas latest-month disbursement mix

Provider type

CETC

$2,475,300

98.6% of this breakdown

ILEC

$35,591

1.4% of this breakdown

Technology

WIRELESS

$2,474,722

98.6% of this breakdown

WIRELINE

$36,169

1.4% of this breakdown

Service type

BUNDLED

$2,448,422

97.5% of this breakdown

BROADBAND

$52,662

2.1% of this breakdown

VOICE

$10,516

0.4% of this breakdown

Not reported

-$709

-0.0% of this breakdown

Support type

NON-TRIBAL

$2,511,600

100.0% of this breakdown

Not reported

-$709

-0.0% of this breakdown

Submission type

CLAIM

$2,511,600

100.0% of this breakdown

ADJUSTMENT

-$709

-0.0% of this breakdown

How to read this Texas 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 Texas.

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