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Industry: telecommunications
Penalty Total since 2000: $14,621,433,891
Number of Records: 1,255
Note: The totals include only those entries matched to a parent company. The industry designation is the primary one for the parent's operations overall. The totals are adjusted to account for the fact that each parent's entries may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. They are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the individual records list below.
Top 10 Current Parent CompaniesTotal Penalty $Number of Records
ZTE$2,592,360,0644
Verizon Communications$2,577,802,258262
T-Mobile US$1,728,257,83596
Ericsson$1,376,507,02815
AT&T$1,221,307,295319
Mobile TeleSystems PJSC$850,000,0002
Telia Company AB$731,603,9722
DISH Network$592,984,01834
Lumen Technologies$491,640,292109
Frontier Communications$420,241,07232

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CompanyCurrent ParentPrimary Offense TypeYearAgency sort iconPenalty Amount
Windstream CorporationWindstreamtelecommunications violation2014FCC$2,500,000
AT&T MobilityAT&Ttelecommunications violation2013FCC$600,000
TracFone Wireless Inc.Verizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2013FCC$4,573,376
NTT DOCOMO USA INC.Nippon Telegraph & Telephonetelecommunications violation2013FCC$100,000
AT&TAT&Ttelecommunications violation2013FCC$18,250,000
Docomo PacificNippon Telegraph & Telephonetelecommunications violation2013FCC$65,000
Level 3Lumen Technologiestelecommunications violation2013FCC$1,000,000
CenturyLinkLumen Technologiestelecommunications violation2012FCC$150,000
TDS Telecommunications CorporationTelephone & Data Systems Inc.telecommunications violation2012FCC$350,000
AT&T Inc.AT&Ttelecommunications violation2012FCC$700,000
Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2012FCC$1,250,000
ComcastComcasttelecommunications violation2012FCC$800,000
Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2010FCC$77,800,000
Purple Communications, IncZVRStelecommunications violation2010FCC$22,000,000
Sprint NextelT-Mobile UStelecommunications violation2007FCC$1,325,000
United States Cellular Corp.Telephone & Data Systems Inc.telecommunications violation2007FCC$500,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2004FCC$300,000
AT&TAT&Ttelecommunications violation2004FCC$490,000
DIRECTV Inc.AT&Ttelecommunications violation2004FCC$87,500
Qwest CorporationLumen Technologiestelecommunications violation2004FCC$9,000,000
AT&TAT&Ttelecommunications violation2003FCC$780,000
SBC CommunicationsAT&Ttelecommunications violation2003FCC$1,350,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2003FCC$283,800
BellSouth CorporationAT&Ttelecommunications violation2003FCC$1,400,000
T-Mobile USA Inc.T-Mobile UStelecommunications violation2003FCC$1,100,000
Western WirelessVerizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2003FCC$200,000
Qwest Communications InternationalLumen Technologiestelecommunications violation2003FCC$6,500,000
Verizon Telephone CompaniesVerizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2003FCC$5,700,000
AT&T WirelessAT&Ttelecommunications violation2002FCC$117,000
AT&T WirelessAT&Ttelecommunications violation2002FCC$2,000,000
SBC CommunicationsAT&Ttelecommunications violation2002FCC$6,000,000
SBC CommunicationsAT&Ttelecommunications violation2002FCC$3,600,000
SBC CommunicationsAT&Ttelecommunications violation2001FCC$2,520,000
Verizon Long DistanceVerizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2000FCC$250,000
MCI WorldcomVerizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2000FCC$3,500,000
Bell Atlantic-New YorkVerizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2000FCC$27,000,000
MCI WorldcomVerizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2000FCC$100,000
Verizon CommunicationsVerizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2017FCC$17,680,000
Verizon CommunicationsVerizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2018FCC$614,300,000
SprintT-Mobile UStelecommunications violation2018FCC$10,000,000
T-Mobile USA Inc.T-Mobile UStelecommunications violation2018FCC$40,000,000
AT&T MobilityAT&Ttelecommunications violation2018FCC$5,250,000
CenturylinkLumen Technologiestelecommunications violation2019FCC$550,000
CenturylinkLumen Technologiestelecommunications violation2019FCC$400,000
AT&T Services, Inc.AT&Ttelecommunications violation2019FCC$75,000
AT&T Inc.AT&Ttelecommunications violation2020FCC$57,265,625
Sprint CorporationT-Mobile UStelecommunications violation2020FCC$12,240,000
T-Mobile USA Inc.T-Mobile UStelecommunications violation2020FCC$91,630,000
Verizon CommunicationsVerizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2020FCC$48,318,750
TracFone Wireless, IncVerizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2020FCC$6,013,000
Windstream Services II, LLCWindstreamtelecommunications violation2020FCC$18,000
T-MobileT-Mobile UStelecommunications violation2020FCC$200,000,000
CenturyLink, Inc.Lumen Technologiestelecommunications violation2020FCC$500,000
T-Mobile USA, Inc.T-Mobile UStelecommunications violation2021FCC$19,500,000
Lumen TechnologiesLumen Technologiestelecommunications violation2022FCC$75,000
AT&TAT&Ttelecommunications violation2021FCC$460,000
Lumen TechnologiesLumen Technologiestelecommunications violation2021FCC$3,800,000
Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2021FCC$274,000
Windstream CommunicationsWindstreamtelecommunications violation2022FCC$1,200,000
Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2022FCC$100,000
Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2022FCC$950,000
GCI Communication Corp.Liberty Broadbandtelecommunications violation2023FCC$42,000,000
Time Warner Cable Information Services (Massachusetts) LLCCharter Communicationstelecommunications violation2023FCC$6,000
DOCOMO Pacific, Inc.Nippon Telegraph & Telephonetelecommunications violation2023FCC$50,000
TracFoneVerizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2023FCC$23,500,000
Lumen Technologies, Inc.Lumen Technologiestelecommunications violation2023FCC$867,000
COMCAST CORPORATIONComcastaviation safety violation2011FAA$10,000
COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONComcastaviation safety violation2016FAA$37,380
New Cingular WirelessAT&Tenvironmental violation2013EPA$1,375,000
New Cingular WirelessAT&Tenvironmental violation2012EPA$125,728
ALLTEL CorporationVerizon Communicationsenvironmental violation2003EPA$1,058,000
AT&TAT&Tenvironmental violation2000EPA$1,800,000
AT&T Transoceanic Comm. LLCAT&Tunderground storage tank violation2023EPA$40,000
AT & T CORPAT&Thazardous waste violation2000EPA$195,000
AT&T Transoceanic Communications LLC et al.AT&Tenvironmental violation2023EPA$40,000
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Nokiaenvironmental violation2000EPA$5,000
CENTURY LINK COMMUNICATIONS, LLCLumen Technologieswater pollution violation2016EPA$7,879
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS WATER PARKS FLORIDA LLCComcastenvironmental violation2011EPA$11,500
Motorola Inc.Motorola Solutionsenvironmental violation2008EPA$500,000
New Cingular Wireless PCS LLCAT&Twater pollution violation2010EPA$57,255
MCI WORLDCOM, INC.Verizon Communicationswater pollution violation2000EPA$625,000
BELL ATLANTIC COMPANIESVerizon Communicationswater pollution violation2000EPA$16,069
U.S. WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INCLumen Technologieswater pollution violation2000EPA$10,167
WESTERN WIRELESS CORPVerizon Communicationswater pollution violation2000EPA$10,734
ALLTEL CORPORATIONVerizon Communicationsair pollution violation2003EPA(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $1,058,000
AT&T BROADBAND LLCAT&Tenvironmental violation2001EPA$60,441
AT&T CORP.AT&Tenvironmental violation2001EPA$90,469
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL, INC.Lumen Technologiesenvironmental violation2001EPA$86,847
SPRINT UNITED MANAGEMENT COMPANYT-Mobile USwater pollution violation2001EPA$250,975
WORLDCOM, INC.Verizon Communicationswater pollution violation2001EPA$143,520
COMCASTComcastenvironmental violation2002EPA$64,603
CELLCO PARTNERSHIPVerizon Communicationsenvironmental violation2001EPA$7,589
NEXTEL CORPORATIONT-Mobile USenvironmental violation2003EPA$35,004
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationsenvironmental violation2006EPA$11,034
Cingular Wireless, LLCAT&Tenvironmental violation2012EPA(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $125,728
WINDSTREAM CORPORATIONWindstreamenvironmental violation2008EPA$11,333
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationsenvironmental violation2009EPA$468,600
New Cingular - AWSAT&Tenvironmental violation2013EPA(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $1,375,000
Charter Communications Inc.Charter Communicationsair pollution violation2014EPA$57,313
MetroPCS Communications, Inc.T-Mobile USenvironmental violation2013EPA$16,913
Comcast Cable Communications, LLCComcastenvironmental violation2016EPA$28,782
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.