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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
Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationslabor relations violation2011NLRB$9,900
Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationsconsumer protection violation2004MULTI-AG$1,666,666
Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2015MULTI-AG(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $16,000,000
Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationsconsumer protection violation2009FL-AG$1,500,000
Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationsconsumer protection violation2007NY-AG$1,150,000
Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationsprivacy violation2016private lawsuit-federal$4,000,000
VERIZON WIRELESSVerizon Communicationsair pollution violation2017NJ-ENV$7,800
Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationsair pollution violation2013CA-SCAQMD$5,000
Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationsair pollution violation2013CA-SCAQMD$9,000
Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationsair pollution violation2012CA-SCAQMD$94,750
Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2021FCC$274,000
Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2022FCC$100,000
Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2022FCC$950,000
Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationsconsumer protection violation2015private lawsuit-federal$64,200,000
Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationsconsumer protection violation2012private lawsuit-federal$10,000,000
Verizon Wireless Services, LLCVerizon Communicationsconsumer protection violation2015CT-BKG$10,000
Verizon, Inc.Verizon Communicationslabor relations violation2004NLRB$8,938
Verizon-New York, Inc.Verizon Communicationslabor relations violation2007NLRB$60,000
VimpelCom LimitedVEONForeign Corrupt Practices Act2016DOJ_CRIMINAL$230,000,000
VimpelCom Ltd.VEONForeign Corrupt Practices Act2016SEC$167,500,000
VIVENDI UNIVERSAL INTERACTIVE PUBLISHINGComcastworkplace safety or health violation2000OSHA$7,675
Vivendi Universal, S.A.Comcastaccounting fraud or deficiencies2003SEC$50,000,000
VONAGEEricssonconsumer protection violation2009MULTI-AG$3,000,000
VonageEricssonconsumer protection violation2022FTC$100,000,000
Vonage America Inc.Ericssonconsumer protection violation2011private lawsuit-federal$4,750,000
Vonage Holdings Corp.Ericssonconsumer protection violation2008CT-AG$70,000
Vonage Holdings Corp.Ericssonconsumer protection violation2006NJ-AG$45,945
Vonage Holdings CorporationEricssonconsumer protection violation2006MULTI-AG$500,000
Western WirelessVerizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2003FCC$200,000
WESTERN WIRELESS CORPVerizon Communicationswater pollution violation2000EPA$10,734
WindstreamWindstreamutility service violation2016TX-PUC$225,000
Windstream CommunicationsWindstreamtelecommunications violation2022FCC$1,200,000
WINDSTREAM COMMUNICATIONS, INCWindstreamworkplace safety or health violation2018OSHA$5,000
WINDSTREAM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.Windstreamlabor relations violation2014NLRB$21,062
WINDSTREAM COMMUNICATIONS, LLCWindstreamworkplace safety or health violation2020OSHA$18,000
Windstream CorporationWindstreamtelecommunications violation2014FCC$2,500,000
WINDSTREAM CORPORATIONWindstreamenvironmental violation2008EPA$11,333
Windstream Corporation and its subsidiary, Windstream Pennsylvania, LLCWindstreamlabor relations violation2009NLRB$7,003
WINDSTREAM INC.Windstreamworkplace safety or health violation2011OSHA$9,000
Windstream New York, Inc.Windstreamlabor relations violation2006NLRB$11,000
Windstream Services II, LLCWindstreamtelecommunications violation2020FCC$18,000
WINDSTREAM, INC.Windstreamworkplace safety or health violation2011OSHA$6,000
WorldCom Inc.Verizon Communicationsaccounting fraud or deficiencies2003SEC$500,000,000
WorldCom Inc.Verizon Communicationsconsumer protection violation2001private lawsuit-federal$88,000,000
WORLDCOM INTERNATIONAL DATA SERVICES, INC.Verizon Communicationsbenefit plan administrator violation2006EBSA$50,001
WorldCom, Inc.Verizon CommunicationsFalse Claims Act and related2004DOJ_CIVIL$27,670,000
Worldcom, Inc.Verizon Communicationsbenefit plan administrator violation2005private lawsuit-federal$47,150,000
WORLDCOM, INC.Verizon Communicationswater pollution violation2001EPA$143,520
Xo CommunicationsVerizon Communicationswage and hour violation2010MI-LEO$11,000
ZAYO GROUPZayo Groupworkplace safety or health violation2017OSHA$6,750
Zayo Group. LLCZayo Groupenvironmental violation2017VA-ENV$5,765
Zhongxing Telecommunications Equipment Corporation (ZTE)ZTEexport control violation2017OFAC$100,871,266
Zhongxing Telecommunications Equipment Corporation and ZTE Kangxun Telecommunications Ltd.ZTEexport control violation2017BIS$661,000,000
Zhongxing Telecommunications Equipment Corporation and ZTE Kangxun Telecommunications Ltd.ZTEexport control violation2018BIS$1,400,000,000
ZTE CorporationZTEexport control violation2017DOJ_NATSEC$430,488,798
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.