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Violation Tracker Industry Summary Page

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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Company sort iconCurrent ParentPrimary Offense TypeYearAgencyPenalty Amount
AT&T MobilityAT&Tlabor relations violation2011NLRB$10,000
AT&T MobilityAT&Tlabor relations violation2008NLRB$5,000
AT&T MobilityAT&Twage and hour violation2016private lawsuit-federal$8,000,000
AT&T MobilityAT&Twage and hour violation2014private lawsuit-federal$5,000,000
AT&T MobilityAT&Ttelecommunications violation2018FCC$5,250,000
AT&T MobilityAT&Tconsumer protection violation2011FL-AG$1,760,000
AT&T MobilityAT&Tconsumer protection violation2009NY-AG$2,630,000
AT&T MobilityAT&Tconsumer protection violation2007CA-AG$500,000
AT&T MOBILITYAT&Tenvironmental violation2016MA-ENV$45,580
AT&T MissouriAT&TFalse Claims Act and related2009DOJ_CIVIL$1,400,000
AT&T Inc.AT&Tcivil contempt2009DOJ_CIVIL$2,000,000
AT&T Inc.AT&Ttelecommunications violation2012FCC$700,000
AT&T Inc.AT&Ttelecommunications violation2020FCC$57,265,625
AT&T Inc.AT&Tconsumer protection violation2013private lawsuit-federal$5,500,000
AT&T INCAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2018OSHA$16,000
AT&T IllinoisAT&Tkickbacks and bribery2022USAO$23,000,000
AT&T CorporationAT&Tlabor relations violation2005NLRB$75,000
AT&T CorporationAT&Tlabor relations violation2004NLRB$101,864
AT&T CorporationAT&Tbenefit plan administrator violation2005private lawsuit-federal$29,000,000
AT&T CORPORATIONAT&Thazardous waste violation2002NJ-ENV$9,000
AT&T CORPORATIONAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2016OSHA$7,000
AT&T Corp.AT&Temployment discrimination2000EEOC$50,000
AT&T Corp.AT&Tlabor relations violation2003NLRB$90,900
AT&T Corp.AT&Temployment screening violation2016private lawsuit-federal$405,510
AT&T Corp.AT&Tconsumer protection violation2005FL-AG$250,000
AT&T Corp.AT&Tconsumer protection violation2005TX-AG$1,190,000
AT&T CORP.AT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2020OSHA$5,200
AT&T CORP.AT&Tenvironmental violation2001EPA$90,469
AT&T CORPAT&Twage and hour violation2021IL-DOL$35,500
AT&T Communications- East, Inc.AT&TFalse Claims Act and related2006DOJ_CIVIL$2,900,000
AT&T Communications of Texas, L.P.AT&Tconsumer protection violation2005TX-PUC$195,000
AT&T CommunicationsAT&Tlabor relations violation2004NLRB$5,000
AT&T Broadband Morris ILAT&Tlabor relations violation2003NLRB$7,908
AT&T BROADBAND LLCAT&Tenvironmental violation2001EPA$60,441
AT&T Broadband d/b/a TCI Cablevision of Texas, Inc.AT&Tlabor relations violation2003NLRB$25,500
AT&T Broadband d/b/a TCI Cablevision of Texas, Inc.AT&Tlabor relations violation2003NLRB$22,400
AT&T Broadband & Internet ServicesAT&Tlabor relations violation2004NLRB$5,000
AT&T (Southwestern Bell Telephone)AT&Tlabor relations violation2009NLRB$80,000
AT&TAT&TFalse Claims Act and related2013DOJ_CIVIL$3,500,000
AT&TAT&Tconsumer protection violation2004FTC$365,000
AT&TAT&Tenvironmental violation2000EPA$1,800,000
AT&TAT&Temployment discrimination2013EEOC$250,000
AT&TAT&Temployment discrimination2016EEOC$250,000
AT&TAT&Temployment discrimination2009EEOC$75,000
AT&TAT&Temployment discrimination2007EEOC$756,000
AT&TAT&Temployment discrimination2009EEOC$1,300,000
AT&TAT&Ttelecommunications violation2016FCC$450,000
AT&TAT&Ttelecommunications violation2016FCC$170,185
AT&TAT&Ttelecommunications violation2015FCC$640,000
AT&TAT&Ttelecommunications violation2013FCC$18,250,000
AT&TAT&Ttelecommunications violation2004FCC$490,000
AT&TAT&Ttelecommunications violation2003FCC$780,000
AT&TAT&TFamily and Medical Leave Act2011WHD$55,979
AT&TAT&Tlabor relations violation2011NLRB$17,000
AT&TAT&Tlabor relations violation2010NLRB$35,000
AT&TAT&Tlabor relations violation2010NLRB$6,600
AT&TAT&Tlabor relations violation2009NLRB$10,000
AT&TAT&Tlabor relations violation2009NLRB$11,695
AT&TAT&Tlabor relations violation2009NLRB$15,000
AT&TAT&Tlabor relations violation2008NLRB$6,720
AT&TAT&Tlabor relations violation2008NLRB$5,000
AT&TAT&Tlabor relations violation2008NLRB$5,000
AT&TAT&Tlabor relations violation2008NLRB$5,000
AT&TAT&Tlabor relations violation2008NLRB$10,000
AT&TAT&Tlabor relations violation2008NLRB$10,000
AT&TAT&Tlabor relations violation2007NLRB$20,887
AT&TAT&Tlabor relations violation2006NLRB$25,000
AT&TAT&Tlabor relations violation2004NLRB$37,000
AT&TAT&Tlabor relations violation2000NLRB$7,000
AT&TAT&Twage and hour violation2013private lawsuit-federal$3,287,500
AT&TAT&Twage and hour violation2013private lawsuit-federal$18,920,325
AT&TAT&Temployment discrimination2016private lawsuit-federal$370,000
AT&TAT&Temployment discrimination2005private lawsuit-state$950,000
AT&TAT&Tconsumer protection violation2002MULTI-AG$500,000
AT&TAT&Tenvironmental violation2014CA-AG$51,800,000
AT&TAT&Tunderground storage tank violation2006CA-AG$25,000,000
AT&TAT&Tconsumer protection violation2008IL-AG$7,000,000
AT&TAT&Tconsumer protection violation2005MA-AG$565,000
AT&TAT&Tconsumer protection violation2013MD-AG$1,000,000
AT&TAT&Tconsumer protection violation2005MN-AG$1,288,000
AT&TAT&Tprivacy violation2005MO-AG$10,000
AT&TAT&Tconsumer protection violation2005MO-AG$50,000
AT&TAT&Ttelecommunications violation2004NC-AG$500,000
AT&TAT&Tconsumer protection violation2004NY-AG$400,000
AT&TAT&Tconsumer protection violation2000NY-AG$40,000
AT&TAT&Tconsumer protection violation2005PA-AG$600,000
AT&TAT&Temployment discrimination2003EEOC$75,000
AT&TAT&Tair pollution violation2006CA-ARB$161,750
AT&TAT&Tutility administrative violation2020CA-PUC$3,750,000
AT&TAT&Ttelecommunications violation2021FCC$460,000
AT&TAT&Tutility administrative violation2015KS-CC$15,000
AT&TAT&Tconsumer protection violation2002LA-PSC$175,000
AT&TAT&Tconsumer protection violation2001MI-PSC$15,000
AT&TAT&Tconsumer protection violation2008WA-UTC$300,000
AT&TAT&Tinvestor protection violation2022SEC$6,250,000
AT&TAT&Thazardous waste violation2022CA-MULTI$5,900,000
AT&TAT&Temployment discrimination2023OFCCP$19,741
AT&TAT&Twage and hour violation2022MI-LEO$5,547
AT&TAT&Twage and hour violation2021MI-LEO$8,177
AT&TAT&Twage and hour violation2011MI-LEO$78,000
AT&TAT&Twage and hour violation2011MI-LEO$34,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.