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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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CompanyCurrent ParentPrimary Offense TypeYear sort iconAgencyPenalty Amount
Qwest CommunicationsLumen Technologiesutility administrative violation2005NM-PRC$3,500,000
VERIZON PENNSYLVANIA INCVerizon Communicationsconsumer protection violation2005PA-PUC$50,000
AT&T Communications of Texas, L.P.AT&Tconsumer protection violation2005TX-PUC$195,000
SBCAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2005OSHA$7,500
ANDREW SYSTEMS, INC.CommScopeworkplace safety or health violation2005OSHA$18,500
AT&T Communications- East, Inc.AT&TFalse Claims Act and related2006DOJ_CIVIL$2,900,000
MCI INTERNATIONAL, INCVerizon Communicationsbenefit plan administrator violation2006EBSA$50,001
WORLDCOM INTERNATIONAL DATA SERVICES, INC.Verizon Communicationsbenefit plan administrator violation2006EBSA$50,001
Verizon Communications, Inc.Verizon Communicationsemployment discrimination2006EEOC$48,900,000
Qwest Communications International Inc.Lumen Technologiesemployment discrimination2006EEOC$400,000
Perot Systems Government ServicesNippon Telegraph & Telephonewage and hour violation2006WHD$61,631
Verizon Communications, Inc.Verizon CommunicationsFamily and Medical Leave Act2006WHD$5,897
Comcast-SpectacorComcastwage and hour violation2006WHD$35,517
Cingular WirelessAT&Tlabor relations violation2006NLRB$10,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationslabor relations violation2006NLRB$5,760
Verizon Phone CompanyVerizon Communicationslabor relations violation2006NLRB$53,000
Avaya, Inc.Avaya Holdingslabor relations violation2006NLRB$169,500
Verizon Communications, Inc.Verizon Communicationslabor relations violation2006NLRB$6,078
Windstream New York, Inc.Windstreamlabor relations violation2006NLRB$11,000
COMCAST CABLEComcastlabor relations violation2006NLRB$22,500
AT&T/SBCAT&Tlabor relations violation2006NLRB$30,000
AlltelVerizon Communicationslabor relations violation2006NLRB$23,000
Cingular WirelessAT&Tlabor relations violation2006NLRB$7,000
T-Mobile USA, Inc.T-Mobile USlabor relations violation2006NLRB$21,084
AT&TAT&Tlabor relations violation2006NLRB$25,000
BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc.AT&Tlabor relations violation2006NLRB$58,665
Verizon CommunicationsVerizon Communicationslabor relations violation2006NLRB$7,000
SBC CommunicationsAT&Tlabor relations violation2006NLRB$10,831
SprintT-Mobile USemployment discrimination2006private lawsuit-federal$5,500,000
Bellsouth CorporationAT&Tbenefit plan administrator violation2006private lawsuit-federal$93,675,000
Sprint CorporationT-Mobile USbenefit plan administrator violation2006private lawsuit-federal$25,000,000
AlltelVerizon Communicationsconsumer protection violation2006WV-AG$90,000
AT&TAT&Tunderground storage tank violation2006CA-AG$25,000,000
Blockbuster Inc.DISH Networkconsumer protection violation2006NJ-AG$140,000
Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc.Comcastconsumer protection violation2006MA-AG$1,000,000
DIRECTV Inc.AT&Tprivacy violation2006MO-AG$50,000
DirecTV, Inc.AT&Tconsumer protection violation2006WI-AG$115,000
Frontier Telephone of Rochester, Inc.Frontier Communicationsconsumer protection violation2006NY-AG$80,000
Vonage Holdings Corp.Ericssonconsumer protection violation2006NJ-AG$45,945
Vonage Holdings CorporationEricssonconsumer protection violation2006MULTI-AG$500,000
Sprint NextelT-Mobile USconsumer protection violation2006NY-NYCDCWP$295,000
Avaya Communications, Inc.Avaya HoldingsFalse Claims Act and related2006USAO$255,000
AT&TAT&Tair pollution violation2006CA-ARB$161,750
BRIGHT HOUSE NETWORKSCharter Communicationsenvironmental violation2006FL-DEP$20,700
Bellsouth TelecommunicationsAT&Tair pollution violation2006GA-ENV$15,000
MCIVerizon Communicationsconsumer protection violation2006CA-PUC$3,300,000
QwestLumen Technologiesutility service violation2006CA-PUC$180,000
Qwest CommunicationsLumen Technologiesutility administrative violation2006MN-PUC$360,000
VERIZON NORTHWEST INCVerizon Communicationsutility safety violation2006OR-PUC$5,800
BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS INCAT&Tconsumer protection violation2006TN-PUC$45,000
Qwest CorporationLumen Technologiesutility administrative violation2006WA-UTC$7,800,000
PACIFIC BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY DBA AT&TAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2006OSHA$13,165
VERIZONVerizon Communicationsworkplace safety or health violation2006OSHA$10,000
COMCAST CABLEComcastworkplace safety or health violation2006OSHA$8,000
ALLTEL COMMUNICATIONSVerizon Communicationsworkplace safety or health violation2006OSHA$6,250
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationsenvironmental violation2006EPA$11,034
ALLTEL CorporationVerizon Communicationscivil contempt2007DOJ_ANTITRUST$1,325,000
Lucent Technologies Inc.NokiaForeign Corrupt Practices Act2007DOJ_CRIMINAL$1,000,000
Lucent Technologies Inc.NokiaForeign Corrupt Practices Act2007SEC$1,500,000
Motorola Inc.Motorola Solutionsaccounting fraud or deficiencies2007SEC$25,000,000
AT&TAT&Temployment discrimination2007EEOC$756,000
Sprint NextelT-Mobile UStelecommunications violation2007FCC$1,325,000
United States Cellular Corp.Telephone & Data Systems Inc.telecommunications violation2007FCC$500,000
Qwest Communications CorporationLumen Technologieswage and hour violation2007WHD$18,000
Embarq Holdings Company LLCLumen Technologieswage and hour violation2007WHD$202,314
CSG Systems, IncCSG Systems Internationalwage and hour violation2007WHD$13,533
Alcatel-LucentNokiawage and hour violation2007WHD$67,418
Verizon Florida, Inc.Verizon Communicationswage and hour violation2007WHD$71,941
Comcast-SpectacorComcastwage and hour violation2007WHD$6,276
Sprint/United Management CompanyT-Mobile USwage and hour violation2007WHD$482,289
CSG Systems, Inc.CSG Systems Internationalwage and hour violation2007WHD$46,925
180 Connect IncAT&Twage and hour violation2007WHD$96,475
Time Warner CableCharter CommunicationsFamily and Medical Leave Act2007WHD$46,157
Comcast-SpectacorComcastwage and hour violation2007WHD$6,761
Cingular Wireless, LLCAT&Twage and hour violation2007WHD$4,711,767
Cingular Wireless, LLC.AT&Twage and hour violation2007WHD$396,782
Frontier Telephone of Rochester, Inc.Frontier Communicationslabor relations violation2007NLRB$42,189
VerizonVerizon Communicationslabor relations violation2007NLRB$12,000
Verizon-New York, Inc.Verizon Communicationslabor relations violation2007NLRB$60,000
BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc.AT&Tlabor relations violation2007NLRB$28,477
Bell SouthAT&Tlabor relations violation2007NLRB$60,825
Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.Comcastlabor relations violation2007NLRB$16,000
AT&TAT&Tlabor relations violation2007NLRB$20,887
BellSouth TelecommunicationsAT&Tlabor relations violation2007NLRB$10,000
BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc.AT&Tlabor relations violation2007NLRB$82,000
Alltel Communications Inc.Verizon Communicationsemployment discrimination2007OFCCP$275,000
SprintT-Mobile USemployment discrimination2007private lawsuit-federal$57,000,000
Avaya Inc.Avaya Holdingsemployment discrimination2007private lawsuit-state$4,555,459
Qwest CommunicationsLumen Technologiesbenefit plan administrator violation2007private lawsuit-federal$33,000,000
AT&T MobilityAT&Tconsumer protection violation2007CA-AG$500,000
Charter Communications, Inc.Charter Communicationsconsumer protection violation2007OR-AG$73,460
Cingular Wireless LLCAT&Tconsumer protection violation2007NY-AG$35,000
QwestLumen Technologiesaccounting fraud or deficiencies2007AK-AG$19,000,000
TracFone Wireless Inc.Verizon Communicationsprivacy violation2007MO-AG$50,000
Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationsconsumer protection violation2007NY-AG$1,150,000
Verizon BusinessVerizon Communicationsaccounting fraud or deficiencies2007OK-AG$11,700,000
VERIZON NORTHWEST INCVerizon Communicationsutility safety violation2007OR-PUC$12,500
COMCAST OF OREGON I INCComcastutility safety violation2007OR-PUC$18,000
Verizon New York, Inc.Verizon Communicationsemployment discrimination2007NY-DHR$24,356
AT&TAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2007OSHA$22,500
AT&T NETWORK SERVICESAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2007OSHA$13,440
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.