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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 Parent sort iconPrimary Offense TypeYearAgencyPenalty Amount
BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc.AT&Tlabor relations violation2007NLRB$28,477
Bell SouthAT&Tlabor relations violation2007NLRB$60,825
AT&TAT&Tlabor relations violation2007NLRB$20,887
BellSouth TelecommunicationsAT&Tlabor relations violation2007NLRB$10,000
BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc.AT&Tlabor relations violation2007NLRB$82,000
Cingular WirelessAT&Tlabor relations violation2006NLRB$10,000
AT&T/SBCAT&Tlabor relations violation2006NLRB$30,000
Cingular WirelessAT&Tlabor relations violation2006NLRB$7,000
AT&TAT&Tlabor relations violation2006NLRB$25,000
BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc.AT&Tlabor relations violation2006NLRB$58,665
SBC CommunicationsAT&Tlabor relations violation2006NLRB$10,831
SBC Communications aka: Advanced Solutions Inc., et al.AT&Tlabor relations violation2005NLRB$7,000
SBC CommunicationsAT&Tlabor relations violation2005NLRB$7,500
AT&T CorporationAT&Tlabor relations violation2005NLRB$75,000
Southwestern Bell Telephone CompanyAT&Tlabor relations violation2005NLRB$18,000
Dobson Cellular Systems, Inc.AT&Tlabor relations violation2004NLRB$25,000
AT&T Broadband & Internet ServicesAT&Tlabor relations violation2004NLRB$5,000
BELLSOUTHAT&Tlabor relations violation2004NLRB$18,000
AT&TAT&Tlabor relations violation2004NLRB$37,000
AT&T CorporationAT&Tlabor relations violation2004NLRB$101,864
Cingular WirelessAT&Tlabor relations violation2004NLRB$8,000
AT&T CommunicationsAT&Tlabor relations violation2004NLRB$5,000
Bell South TelecommunicationsAT&Tlabor relations violation2003NLRB$39,700
AT&T Corp.AT&Tlabor relations violation2003NLRB$90,900
SBC, Inc.AT&Tlabor relations violation2003NLRB$23,646
Bell Soutn CommunicationsAT&Tlabor relations violation2003NLRB$77,472
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
Bellsouth - Directory Assistance OfficeAT&Tlabor relations violation2003NLRB$10,000
A T & TAT&Tlabor relations violation2003NLRB$100,000
AT&T Broadband Morris ILAT&Tlabor relations violation2003NLRB$7,908
AT & T BroadbandAT&Tlabor relations violation2003NLRB$5,500
Bellsouth TelecommunicationsAT&Tlabor relations violation2002NLRB$42,000
Southwestern Bell TelephoneAT&Tlabor relations violation2002NLRB$5,560
A T & T COMMUNICATIONSAT&Tlabor relations violation2002NLRB$9,000
Southwestern Bell Telephone CompanyAT&Tlabor relations violation2001NLRB$14,200
AT & T BroadbandAT&Tlabor relations violation2001NLRB$8,481
Southwestern Bell Telephone CompanyAT&Tlabor relations violation2001NLRB$60,846
AT&TAT&Tlabor relations violation2000NLRB$7,000
AT&T/ALSAT&Tlabor relations violation2000NLRB$24,000
Cricket Communications Inc.AT&TFalse Claims Act and related2014USAO$2,174,432
Cricket WirelessAT&Twage and hour violation2012CA-LCO$8,047
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
AT&T ServicesAT&Twage and hour violation2018private lawsuit-federal$2,750,000
AT&T MobilityAT&Twage and hour violation2016private lawsuit-federal$8,000,000
AT&T MobilityAT&Twage and hour violation2014private lawsuit-federal$5,000,000
Pacific Bell TelephoneAT&Twage and hour violation2014private lawsuit-state$6,000,000
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
AT&T OperationsAT&Twage and hour violation2012private lawsuit-federal$12,500,000
AT&T ServicesAT&Twage and hour violation2010private lawsuit-federal$17,000,000
Pacific BellAT&Twage and hour violation2009private lawsuit-federal$1,500,000
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
Pacific Bell Telephone CompanyAT&Temployment discrimination2018EEOC$15,000
AT&T MobilityAT&Ttelecommunications violation2018FCC$5,250,000
AT&T Mobility Services LLCAT&TFamily and Medical Leave Act2018WHD$20,290
AT&TAT&Temployment discrimination2016private lawsuit-federal$370,000
South Central BellAT&Temployment discrimination2003private lawsuit-federal$6,000,000
Southwestern BellAT&Temployment discrimination2012private lawsuit-state$5,120,000
AT&TAT&Temployment discrimination2005private lawsuit-state$950,000
SBC CommunicationsAT&Tbenefit plan administrator violation2002private lawsuit-federal$10,000,000
AT&T CorporationAT&Tbenefit plan administrator violation2005private lawsuit-federal$29,000,000
SBC Pension Benefit Plan-Nonbargained ProgramAT&Tbenefit plan administrator violation2008private lawsuit-federal$16,000,000
Bellsouth CorporationAT&Tbenefit plan administrator violation2006private lawsuit-federal$93,675,000
AT&T Corp.AT&Temployment screening violation2016private lawsuit-federal$405,510
DirecTV, LLCAT&Temployment screening violation2018private lawsuit-federal$125,000
DirecTV, LLCAT&Temployment screening violation2017private lawsuit-federal$600,000
DirecTV, Inc. et al.AT&Twage and hour violation2011private lawsuit-federal$1,350,000
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&T Corp.AT&Tconsumer protection violation2005FL-AG$250,000
AT&T Corp.AT&Tconsumer protection violation2005TX-AG$1,190,000
AT&T MobilityAT&Tconsumer protection violation2011FL-AG$1,760,000
AT&T MobilityAT&Tconsumer protection violation2009NY-AG$2,630,000
AT&T Mobility LLCAT&Ttelecommunications violation2014MULTI-AG(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $20,000,000
AT&T MobilityAT&Tconsumer protection violation2007CA-AG$500,000
Cingular WirelessAT&Tconsumer protection violation2004MULTI-AG$1,666,666
Cingular Wireless LLCAT&Tconsumer protection violation2007NY-AG$35,000
DirecTVAT&Tconsumer protection violation2010MULTI-AG$13,250,000
DirecTVAT&Tconsumer protection violation2005MULTI-AG$5,000,000
DirecTVAT&Thazardous waste violation2017CA-AG$9,500,000
DIRECTV Inc.AT&Tprivacy violation2006MO-AG$50,000
DirecTV, Inc.AT&Tconsumer protection violation2006WI-AG$115,000
Southwestern Bell TelephoneAT&Tprivacy violation2005MO-AG$150,000
AT&T Services, Inc.AT&Ttelecommunications violation2019FCC$75,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.