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Violation Tracker Industry Summary Page

Industry: telecommunications
Penalty Total since 2000: $14,562,164,094
Number of Records: 1,217
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$2,522,083,209245
T-Mobile US$1,728,257,83596
Ericsson$1,376,507,02815
AT&T$1,221,024,250313
Mobile TeleSystems PJSC$850,000,0002
Telia Company AB$731,603,9722
DISH Network$592,984,01834
Lumen Technologies$490,505,292106
Frontier Communications$420,241,07232

Individual Penalty Records:

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CompanyCurrent ParentPrimary Offense TypeYear sort icon . AgencyPenalty Amount
DirecTVAT&Tprivacy violation2023private lawsuit-federal$17,000,000
LM EricssonEricssonForeign Corrupt Practices Act2023DOJ_CRIMINAL$206,000,000
GCI Communications Corp.Liberty BroadbandFalse Claims Act and related2023DOJ_CIVIL$40,242,546
DirecTVAT&Tconsumer protection violation2023private lawsuit-federal$9,400,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationsutility safety violation2023PA-PUC$5,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationsutility service violation2023PA-PUC$5,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationsutility safety violation2023PA-PUC$5,000
Verizon PA LLCVerizon Communicationsutility safety violation2023PA-PUC$15,000
ComcastComcastutility service violation2023PA-PUC$12,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationsutility safety violation2023PA-PUC$12,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationsutility safety violation2023PA-PUC$5,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationsutility safety violation2023PA-PUC$7,500
VerizonVerizon Communicationsutility safety violation2023PA-PUC$7,500
VerizonVerizon Communicationsutility safety violation2023PA-PUC$7,500
VerizonVerizon Communicationsutility safety violation2023PA-PUC$5,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationsutility safety violation2023PA-PUC$7,500
GCI Communication Corp.Liberty Broadbandtelecommunications violation2023FCC$42,000,000
Time Warner Cable Information Services (Massachusetts) LLCCharter Communicationstelecommunications violation2023FCC$6,000
T-MobileT-Mobile USprivacy violation2023private lawsuit-federal$350,000,000
AT&TAT&Temployment discrimination2023OFCCP$19,741
DOCOMO Pacific, Inc.Nippon Telegraph & Telephonetelecommunications violation2023FCC$50,000
Verizon Business Network Services LLCVerizon CommunicationsFalse Claims Act and related2023DOJ_CIVIL$4,091,317
AT&T, Inc.AT&Tconsumer protection violation2023MD-AG$1,625,000
Cricket Wireless, LLCAT&Tconsumer protection violation2023MD-AG$1,625,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationsutility safety violation2023PA-PUC$5,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationsutility safety violation2023PA-PUC$5,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationsutility safety violation2023PA-PUC$5,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationsutility safety violation2023PA-PUC$5,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationsutility safety violation2023PA-PUC$5,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationsutility safety violation2023PA-PUC$15,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationsutility safety violation2023PA-PUC$25,000
VERIZON PA LLCVerizon Communicationsutility safety violation2023PA-PUC$5,000
CenturyLinkLumen Technologiestelecommunications violation2023WA-UTC$923,000
CenturyLinkLumen Technologiestelecommunications violation2023WA-UTC$1,315,000
DirecTV LLCAT&Tprivacy violation2023private lawsuit-federal$16,850,000
CENTURYTEL OF WASHINGTON INCLumen Technologiesworkplace safety or health violation2023OSHA$7,000
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, LLCCharter Communicationsworkplace safety or health violation2023OSHA$18,080
AT&T Transoceanic Comm. LLCAT&Tenvironmental violation2023EPA$40,000
Charter Communications Inc.Charter Communicationsaccounting fraud or deficiencies2023SEC$25,000,000
Lumen TechnologiesLumen Technologiestelecommunications violation2022FCC$75,000
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 Networkenvironmental violation2022CA-MULTI$5,500,000
Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. et al.Frontier Communicationsutility service violation2022CA-PUC$2,504,000
ComcastComcastconsumer protection violation2022CO-AG$75,000
Verizon CommunicationsVerizon Communicationsenvironmental violation2022NY-AG$118,000
VERIZONVerizon Communicationsutility service violation2022PA-PUC$10,000
VERIZONVerizon Communicationsutility service violation2022PA-PUC$8,000
VERIZONVerizon Communicationsutility service violation2022PA-PUC$5,000
VERIZONVerizon Communicationsutility service violation2022PA-PUC$8,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationsutility service violation2022PA-PUC$6,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationsutility service violation2022PA-PUC$5,500
Verizon PAVerizon Communicationsutility service violation2022PA-PUC$5,000
ComcastComcastutility safety violation2022VT-PUC$5,000
PURPLE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.ZVRSbenefit plan administrator violation2022EBSA$10,001
Windstream CommunicationsWindstreamtelecommunications violation2022FCC$1,200,000
Frontier CommunicationsFrontier Communicationsconsumer protection violation2022FTC$69,000,000
TracFone Wireless Inc.Verizon CommunicationsFalse Claims Act and related2022DOJ_CIVIL$13,400,000
Frontier CommunicationsFrontier Communicationsconsumer protection violation2022CT-AG$60,000,000
Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2022FCC$100,000
Frontier CommunicationsFrontier Communicationsconsumer protection violation2022IN-AG$15,000,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationsenvironmental violation2022NY-AG$118,000
Frontier CommunicationsFrontier Communicationsconsumer protection violation2022WI-AG$15,090,000
VonageEricssonconsumer protection violation2022FTC$100,000,000
AT&T IllinoisAT&Tkickbacks and bribery2022USAO$23,000,000
T-MobileT-Mobile USprivacy violation2022MULTI-AG$2,430,000
T-Mobile USA, Inc.T-Mobile USutility service violation2022CA-PUC$3,585,000
Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. et al.Frontier Communicationsconsumer protection violation2022CT-AG$43,700,000
Frontier CommunicationsFrontier Communicationsconsumer protection violation2022IN-AG$15,000,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationsutility safety violation2022PA-PUC$5,000
Verizon PAVerizon Communicationsutility safety violation2022PA-PUC$5,000
CenturyLinkLumen Technologiesutility service violation2022WA-UTC$226,000
AT&TAT&Tinvestor protection violation2022SEC$6,250,000
Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2022FCC$950,000
T-MobileT-Mobile USprivacy violation2022MULTI-AG$2,430,000
AT&TAT&Tenvironmental violation2022CA-MULTI$5,900,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationsutility safety violation2022PA-PUC$6,500
VerizonVerizon Communicationsutility safety violation2022PA-PUC$9,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationsutility safety violation2022PA-PUC$6,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationsutility safety violation2022PA-PUC$8,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationsutility safety violation2022PA-PUC$6,000
Verizon PAVerizon Communicationsutility safety violation2022PA-PUC$5,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationsutility safety violation2022PA-PUC$5,000
United Telephone Company of Pennsylvania LLC dba CenturyLinkLumen Technologiesutility service violation2022PA-PUC$45,000
AT&T Mobility LLCAT&Tconsumer protection violation2022private lawsuit-federal$14,000,000
UNIVERSAL TELEVISION LLCComcastworkplace safety or health violation2022OSHA$6,150
AT&TAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2022OSHA$5,801
VERIZON NEW YORK INC.Verizon Communicationsworkplace safety or health violation2022OSHA$14,502
THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE COMPANYFrontier Communicationsworkplace safety or health violation2022OSHA$17,000
DISH NETWORKDISH Networkworkplace safety or health violation2022OSHA$124,305
NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLCAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2022OSHA$7,366
COMCAST OF CONNECTICUT/GEORGIA/MASSACHUSETTS/NEW HAMPSHIRE/NEW YORK/NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA/VERMONT, LLCComcastworkplace safety or health violation2022OSHA$6,339
ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY DBA AT&T SERVICES, INC.AT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2022OSHA$10,151
GLOBAL SPECTRUM, LP (PA)Comcastworkplace safety or health violation2022OSHA$116,083
FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS OF AMERICA, INC.Frontier Communicationsworkplace safety or health violation2022OSHA$7,700
Motorola SolutionsMotorola Solutionswage and hour violation2022MI-LEO$75,000
AT&TAT&Twage and hour violation2022MI-LEO$5,547
Universal City Studios LLCComcastenvironmental violation2021CA-ARB$87,000
AT&T Mobility National Accounts LLCAT&Tconsumer protection violation2021DC-AG$1,500,000
DIRECTV, LLCAT&Tconsumer protection violation2021CO-AG$1,022,000
CenturyLink Inc.Lumen Technologiescivil contempt2021DOJ_ANTITRUST$275,000
Cricket Wireless, LLC and AT&T, Inc.AT&Tconsumer protection violation2021MD-AG$3,274,973
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.