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WI disbursement data

Wisconsin Lifeline disbursements by provider and year.

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

Quick answer

In June 2026, Wisconsin Lifeline disbursements totaled $1,119,009. The trailing 12-month total from July 2025 through June 2026 was $12,072,902.

$1.1M

June 2026 amount

291 source rows

$12.1M

Trailing 12 months

July 2025 through June 2026

$109.4M

Since January 2018

11,541,111 subscriber-count row total

115,967

Latest claim volume

Row-summed support count, not unique people

Top Wisconsin provider rows in June 2026

Study area nameSACAmountClaim volume
AIR VOICE WIRELESS - WI339049$297,86530,935
IM TELECOM, LLC - WI339055$270,31429,189
TAG MOBILITY, LLC - WI330003$148,01215,552
TRACFONE WIRELESS INC. - WI339025$144,38814,790
DISH WIRELESS L.L.C. - WI339068$102,11210,585
TRUCONNECT COMMUNICATIONS INC. - WI330001$39,8322,790
GLOBAL CONNECTION INC OF AMERICA - WI339036$33,6513,638
NORTH AMERICAN LOCAL, LLC - WI339051$12,889424
TORCH WIRELESS339058$12,2991,308
I-WIRELESS, LLC - WI339045$7,946859
TELRITE CORPORATION - WI339043$7,705833
SAGE TELECOM COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - WI339042$6,616699
AMERICAN BROADBAND & TELECOMMUNICATIONS - WI339038$4,523489
NSIGHTTEL WIRELESS, LLC339015$3,367178
TERRACOM INC. - WI339033$2,544275

Top Wisconsin provider rows, trailing 12 months

Study area nameSACAmountClaim volume
AIR VOICE WIRELESS - WI339049$2,992,231309,608
IM TELECOM, LLC - WI339055$2,550,286274,990
TRACFONE WIRELESS INC. - WI339025$1,834,222188,881
TAG MOBILITY, LLC - WI330003$1,160,914122,065
VIRGIN MOBILE USA, LP - WI339032$919,33299,404
DISH WIRELESS L.L.C. - WI339068$629,66867,446
GLOBAL CONNECTION INC OF AMERICA - WI339036$498,30653,878
TRUCONNECT COMMUNICATIONS INC. - WI330001$186,64215,710
TORCH WIRELESS339058$177,73818,927
TELRITE CORPORATION - WI339043$163,27117,653
NORTH AMERICAN LOCAL, LLC - WI339051$133,6855,382
SAGE TELECOM COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - WI339042$121,03812,848
I-WIRELESS, LLC - WI339045$117,15712,665
TAG MOBILE, LLC - WI339040$86,6359,074
AMERICAN BROADBAND & TELECOMMUNICATIONS - WI339038$72,2357,811

Wisconsin 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$17,030,5171,769,3662,623
2019$15,037,2371,568,4462,624
2020$13,295,8441,412,0382,917
2021$10,551,8401,136,3303,234
2022$8,205,141868,7332,985
2023$12,999,2641,379,2903,361
2024$13,819,1981,464,3343,262
2025$11,993,5731,264,5933,320
2026$6,474,616677,9811,615

Wisconsin latest-month disbursement mix

Provider type

CETC

$1,098,949

98.2% of this breakdown

ILEC

$20,060

1.8% of this breakdown

Technology

WIRELESS

$1,096,537

98.0% of this breakdown

WIRELINE

$22,472

2.0% of this breakdown

Service type

BUNDLED

$1,085,407

97.0% of this breakdown

BROADBAND

$24,162

2.2% of this breakdown

VOICE

$9,505

0.8% of this breakdown

Not reported

-$65

-0.0% of this breakdown

Support type

NON-TRIBAL

$1,045,099

93.4% of this breakdown

TRIBAL

$73,975

6.6% of this breakdown

Not reported

-$65

-0.0% of this breakdown

Submission type

CLAIM

$1,119,074

100.0% of this breakdown

ADJUSTMENT

-$65

-0.0% of this breakdown

How to read this Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin.

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