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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
VerizonVerizon Communicationsconsumer protection violation2004CA-PUC$4,836,000
SBC CommunicationsAT&Tconsumer protection violation2002CA-PUC$27,000,000
Qwest/LCILumen Technologiesconsumer protection violation2002CA-PUC$20,340,000
Pacific BellAT&Tconsumer protection violation2001CA-PUC$25,550,000
Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. et al.Frontier Communicationsutility service violation2022CA-PUC$2,504,000
T-Mobile USA, Inc.T-Mobile USutility service violation2022CA-PUC$3,585,000
Blockbuster Inc.DISH Networkconsumer protection violation2009CA-MULTI$300,000
Time Warner Cable LLCCharter Communicationsconsumer protection violation2020CA-MULTI$18,800,000
Frontier CommunicationsFrontier Communicationsconsumer protection violation2022CA-MULTI(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $69,000,000
DISH Network California Service Corp.DISH Networkhazardous waste violation2022CA-MULTI$5,500,000
AT&TAT&Thazardous waste violation2022CA-MULTI$5,900,000
Cricket WirelessAT&Twage and hour violation2012CA-LCO$8,047
Metro PCST-Mobile USwage and hour violation2012CA-LCO$13,500
Cricket WirelessAT&Twage and hour violation2011CA-LCO$6,000
Cricket WirelessAT&Twage and hour violation2011CA-LCO$8,500
Cricket WirelessAT&Twage and hour violation2011CA-LCO$6,000
SprintT-Mobile USwage and hour violation2011CA-LCO$10,500
Blockbuster Video # 06258DISH Networkwage and hour violation2002CA-LCO$120,000
Blockbuster Video # 06258DISH Networkwage and hour violation2002CA-LCO$375,000
COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC dba Comcast CableComcastwage and hour violation2021CA-LCO$10,114
Charter Communications, Inc.Charter Communicationswage and hour violation2019CA-LCO$7,918
Charter Communications, Inc.Charter Communicationswage and hour violation2019CA-LCO$5,905
Time Warner Cable, Inc.Charter Communicationswage and hour violation2017CA-LCO$10,595
Time Warner Cable, Inc.Charter Communicationswage and hour violation2017CA-LCO$6,550
Comcast of California/Colorado/Washington I, Inc.Comcastwage and hour violation2014CA-LCO$7,754
Sprint/United Management CompanyT-Mobile USwage and hour violation2009CA-LCO$8,367
AT & T Mobility, LLCAT&Twage and hour violation2008CA-LCO$12,064
AirTouch CellularVerizon Communicationsconsumer protection violation2001CA-LACA$999,000
Verizon CommunicationVerizon CommunicationsFamily and Medical Leave Act2010CA-CRD$6,011,190
Time Warner CableCharter Communicationsair pollution violation2009CA-ARB$8,500
AT&TAT&Tair pollution violation2006CA-ARB$161,750
Universal City Studios LLCComcastair pollution violation2021CA-ARB$87,000
AirTouch CellularVerizon Communicationsconsumer protection violation2001CA-AG$999,000
AT&TAT&Tenvironmental violation2014CA-AG$51,800,000
AT&TAT&Tunderground storage tank violation2006CA-AG$25,000,000
AT&T MobilityAT&Tconsumer protection violation2007CA-AG$500,000
ComcastComcastprivacy violation2015CA-AG$33,000,000
Comcast Cable Communications LLCComcasthazardous waste violation2015CA-AG$25,950,000
DirecTVAT&Thazardous waste violation2017CA-AG$9,500,000
MCI WorldCom Communications, Inc.Verizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2002CA-AG$8,500,000
Ericsson de Panama S. A.Ericssonexport control violation2012BIS$1,753,000
Zhongxing Telecommunications Equipment Corporation and ZTE Kangxun Telecommunications Ltd.ZTEexport control violation2017BIS$661,000,000
Zhongxing Telecommunications Equipment Corporation and ZTE Kangxun Telecommunications Ltd.ZTEexport control violation2018BIS$1,400,000,000
U.S. West Communications Inc.Lumen Technologiesutility service violation2004AZ-CC$9,000,000
Qwest CommunicationsLumen Technologiesutility administrative violation2004AZ-CC$20,700,000
US West CommunicationsLumen Technologiesutility service violation2000AZ-CC$1,500,000
QwestLumen Technologiesconsumer protection violation2003AZ-AG$3,750,000
CenturyLinkLumen Technologiesconsumer protection violation2020AZ-AG$10,900,000
QwestLumen Technologiesaccounting fraud or deficiencies2007AK-AG$19,000,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationswage and hour violation2008private lawsuit-state$5,550,000
SprintT-Mobile USwage and hour violation2018private lawsuit-federal$1,200,000
SprintT-Mobile USwage and hour violation2018private lawsuit-federal$1,800,000
AT&T ServicesAT&Twage and hour violation2018private lawsuit-federal$2,750,000
NBC Universal Television GroupComcastwage and hour violation2017private lawsuit-federal$4,266,000
Dish NetworkDISH Networkwage and hour violation2016private lawsuit-federal$1,918,036
AT&T MobilityAT&Twage and hour violation2016private lawsuit-federal$8,000,000
Universal City StudiosComcastwage and hour violation2016private lawsuit-federal$1,800,000
Time Warner CableCharter Communicationswage and hour violation2016private lawsuit-federal$3,500,000
ComcastComcastwage and hour violation2016private lawsuit-federal$450,000
Time Warner CableCharter Communicationswage and hour violation2016private lawsuit-federal$1,250,000
Sprint NextelT-Mobile USwage and hour violation2016private lawsuit-federal$3,370,000
ComcastComcastwage and hour violation2016private lawsuit-federal$700,000
ComcastComcastwage and hour violation2015private lawsuit-federal$190,000
MetroPCST-Mobile USwage and hour violation2015private lawsuit-state$1,850,000
NBCUniversal Inc.Comcastwage and hour violation2015private lawsuit-federal$6,400,000
ComcastComcastwage and hour violation2015private lawsuit-federal$453,900
VerizonVerizon Communicationswage and hour violation2015private lawsuit-state$15,000,000
Time Warner CableCharter Communicationswage and hour violation2014private lawsuit-federal$3,750,000
AT&T MobilityAT&Twage and hour violation2014private lawsuit-federal$5,000,000
MetroPCST-Mobile USwage and hour violation2014private lawsuit-federal$550,000
Pacific Bell TelephoneAT&Twage and hour violation2014private lawsuit-state$6,000,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationswage and hour violation2013private lawsuit-federal$7,721,000
AT&TAT&Twage and hour violation2013private lawsuit-federal$3,287,500
AT&TAT&Twage and hour violation2013private lawsuit-federal$18,920,325
Pacific BellAT&Twage and hour violation2013private lawsuit-federal$3,100,000
BellSouth TelecommunicationsAT&Twage and hour violation2013private lawsuit-federal$8,129,675
VerizonVerizon Communicationswage and hour violation2012private lawsuit-federal$887,500
AT&T OperationsAT&Twage and hour violation2012private lawsuit-federal$12,500,000
Level 3 CommunicationsLumen Technologieswage and hour violation2012private lawsuit-federal$178,706
QwestLumen Technologieswage and hour violation2011private lawsuit-federal$975,000
SprintT-Mobile USwage and hour violation2011private lawsuit-federal$2,712,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationswage and hour violation2011private lawsuit-federal$750,000
AT&T ServicesAT&Twage and hour violation2010private lawsuit-federal$17,000,000
Charter CommunicationsCharter Communicationswage and hour violation2010private lawsuit-federal$18,000,000
NextelT-Mobile USwage and hour violation2010private lawsuit-federal$2,800,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationswage and hour violation2010private lawsuit-state$5,000,000
MCI Communication ServicesVerizon Communicationswage and hour violation2009private lawsuit-federal$3,450,000
Pacific BellAT&Twage and hour violation2009private lawsuit-federal$1,500,000
SprintT-Mobile USwage and hour violation2009private lawsuit-federal$8,771,000
AT&T ServicesAT&Twage and hour violation2008private lawsuit-federal$11,200,000
Pacific Bell and Pacific TelesisAT&Twage and hour violation2001private lawsuit-federal$35,000,000
AT&TAT&Temployment discrimination2016private lawsuit-federal$370,000
South Central BellAT&Temployment discrimination2003private lawsuit-federal$6,000,000
ComcastComcastemployment discrimination2016private lawsuit-federal$7,210,000
Alcatel-Lucent Inc.Nokiaemployment discrimination2013private lawsuit-federal$1,400,000
SprintT-Mobile USemployment discrimination2006private lawsuit-federal$5,500,000
Sprint United ManagementT-Mobile USemployment discrimination2002private lawsuit-federal$352,756
SprintT-Mobile USemployment discrimination2007private lawsuit-federal$57,000,000
Verizon Pennsylvania LLCVerizon Communicationsemployment discrimination2017private lawsuit-federal$813,571
Southwestern BellAT&Temployment discrimination2012private lawsuit-state$5,120,000
AT&TAT&Temployment discrimination2005private lawsuit-state$950,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.