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Industry: telecommunications
Penalty Total since 2000: $14,621,121,891
Number of Records: 1,253
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$491,388,292108
Frontier Communications$420,241,07232

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CompanyCurrent ParentPrimary Offense Type sort iconYearAgencyPenalty Amount
Charter CommunicationsCharter Communicationsprivacy violation2005MO-AG$75,000
ComcastComcastprivacy violation2015CA-AG$33,000,000
DIRECTV Inc.AT&Tprivacy violation2006MO-AG$50,000
EchoStar Communications dba Dish NetworkDISH Networkprivacy violation2005MO-AG$50,000
MCI Inc.Verizon Communicationsprivacy violation2005MO-AG$40,000
Southwestern Bell TelephoneAT&Tprivacy violation2005MO-AG$150,000
TracFone Wireless Inc.Verizon Communicationsprivacy violation2007MO-AG$50,000
Dish NetworkDISH Networkprivacy violation2020DOJ_CIVIL$126,000,000
Dish NetworkDISH Networkprivacy violation2020MULTI-AG(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $210,000,000
Universal PicturesComcastprivacy violation2019private lawsuit-federal$19,225,515
Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationsprivacy violation2016private lawsuit-federal$4,000,000
T-MobileT-Mobile USprivacy violation2022MULTI-AG$2,430,000
Dish NetworkDISH Networkprivacy violation2017private lawsuit-federal$61,000,000
T-MobileT-Mobile USprivacy violation2022MULTI-AG$2,430,000
DirecTVAT&Tprivacy violation2023private lawsuit-federal$17,000,000
T-MobileT-Mobile USprivacy violation2023private lawsuit-federal$350,000,000
DirecTV LLCAT&Tprivacy violation2023private lawsuit-federal$16,850,000
Cablevision Lightpath CT LLCAltice USA Inc.tax violations2015CT-AG$6,000
Deutsche Telekom North America Inc.Deutsche Telekomtax violations2012CT-AG$8,355
MCIVerizon Communicationstax violations2005MULTI-AG$315,000,000
MCIVerizon Communicationstax violations2005MS-AG$100,000,000
SprintT-Mobile UStax violations2018NY-AG$330,000,000
Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLCCharter Communicationstax violations2015CT-AG$6,900
Verizon Service Corp. and Verizon New EnglandVerizon Communicationstax violations2012MA-AG$317,909
Purple Communications and CSDVRSZVRStelecommunications violation2017FCC$9,116,527
Straight Path Communications Inc.Verizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2017FCC$15,000,000
Total Call MobileKDDItelecommunications violation2016FCC$30,000,000
T-MobileT-Mobile UStelecommunications violation2016FCC$48,000,000
ComcastComcasttelecommunications violation2016FCC$2,300,000
AT&TAT&Ttelecommunications violation2016FCC$450,000
AT&T ServicesAT&Ttelecommunications violation2016FCC$7,750,000
AT&TAT&Ttelecommunications violation2016FCC$170,185
General Communication Inc.Liberty Broadbandtelecommunications violation2016FCC$2,400,000
Total Call MobileKDDItelecommunications violation2016FCC$51,070,322
Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2016FCC$1,350,000
Purple CommunicationsZVRStelecommunications violation2015FCC$11,900,000
General Communication Inc.Liberty Broadbandtelecommunications violation2015FCC$600,000
Sprint Corp.T-Mobile UStelecommunications violation2015FCC$1,175,000
T-MobileT-Mobile UStelecommunications violation2015FCC$17,500,000
AT&T Mobility LLCAT&Ttelecommunications violation2015FCC$100,000,000
Sprint Corp.T-Mobile UStelecommunications violation2015FCC$68,000,000
Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2015FCC$90,000,000
AT&T Services Inc.AT&Ttelecommunications violation2015FCC$6,900,000
Southern New England TelephoneFrontier Communicationstelecommunications violation2015FCC$4,000,000
AT&T Services Inc.AT&Ttelecommunications violation2015FCC$25,000,000
CenturyLinkLumen Technologiestelecommunications violation2015FCC$16,000,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2015FCC$3,400,000
GCI CommunicationLiberty Broadbandtelecommunications violation2015FCC$20,000
AT&TAT&Ttelecommunications violation2015FCC$640,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2015FCC$5,000,000
T-Mobile USA Inc.T-Mobile UStelecommunications violation2014FCC$90,000,000
AT&T MobilityAT&Ttelecommunications violation2014FCC$105,000,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2014FCC$7,400,000
T-Mobile USA Inc.T-Mobile UStelecommunications violation2014FCC$819,000
Time Warner CableCharter Communicationstelecommunications violation2014FCC$1,100,000
Sprint Corp.T-Mobile UStelecommunications violation2014FCC$7,500,000
Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2014FCC$50,000
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
Total Call Mobile LLCKDDItelecommunications violation2016USAO$30,000,000
AT&TAT&Ttelecommunications violation2004NC-AG$500,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.