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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
AT&TAT&Tconsumer protection violation2008WA-UTC$300,000
AT&TAT&Tinvestor protection violation2022SEC$6,250,000
AT&TAT&Thazardous waste violation2022CA-MULTI$5,900,000
AT&TAT&Temployment discrimination2023OFCCP$19,741
AT&TAT&Twage and hour violation2022MI-LEO$5,547
AT&TAT&Twage and hour violation2021MI-LEO$8,177
AT&TAT&Twage and hour violation2011MI-LEO$78,000
AT&TAT&Twage and hour violation2011MI-LEO$34,000
AT&TAT&Twage and hour violation2011MI-LEO$15,505
AT&TAT&Twage and hour violation2010MI-LEO$6,513
AT&TAT&Tutility safety violation2023PA-PUC$5,000
AT&TAT&Twage and hour violation2021IL-DOL$9,515
AT&TAT&Temployment discrimination2024NJ-AG$172,500
AT&TAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2007OSHA$22,500
AT&TAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2015OSHA$13,000
AT&TAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2017OSHA$7,605
AT&TAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2022OSHA$5,801
AT&T (Southwestern Bell Telephone)AT&Tlabor relations violation2009NLRB$80,000
AT&T Broadband & Internet ServicesAT&Tlabor relations violation2004NLRB$5,000
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
AT&T BROADBAND LLCAT&Tenvironmental violation2001EPA$60,441
AT&T Broadband Morris ILAT&Tlabor relations violation2003NLRB$7,908
AT&T CommunicationsAT&Tlabor relations violation2004NLRB$5,000
AT&T Communications of Texas, L.P.AT&Tconsumer protection violation2005TX-PUC$195,000
AT&T Communications- East, Inc.AT&TFalse Claims Act and related2006DOJ_CIVIL$2,900,000
AT&T CORPAT&Twage and hour violation2021IL-DOL$35,500
AT&T Corp.AT&Temployment discrimination2000EEOC$50,000
AT&T Corp.AT&Tlabor relations violation2003NLRB$90,900
AT&T Corp.AT&Temployment screening violation2016private lawsuit-federal$405,510
AT&T Corp.AT&Tconsumer protection violation2005FL-AG$250,000
AT&T Corp.AT&Tconsumer protection violation2005TX-AG$1,190,000
AT&T CORP.AT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2020OSHA$5,200
AT&T CORP.AT&Tenvironmental violation2001EPA$90,469
AT&T CorporationAT&Tlabor relations violation2005NLRB$75,000
AT&T CorporationAT&Tlabor relations violation2004NLRB$101,864
AT&T CorporationAT&Tbenefit plan administrator violation2005private lawsuit-federal$29,000,000
AT&T CORPORATIONAT&Thazardous waste violation2002NJ-ENV$9,000
AT&T CORPORATIONAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2016OSHA$7,000
AT&T IllinoisAT&Tkickbacks and bribery2022USAO$23,000,000
AT&T INCAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2018OSHA$16,000
AT&T Inc.AT&Tcivil contempt2009DOJ_CIVIL$2,000,000
AT&T Inc.AT&Ttelecommunications violation2012FCC$700,000
AT&T Inc.AT&Ttelecommunications violation2020FCC$57,265,625
AT&T Inc.AT&Tconsumer protection violation2013private lawsuit-federal$5,500,000
AT&T MissouriAT&TFalse Claims Act and related2009DOJ_CIVIL$1,400,000
AT&T MobilityAT&Ttelecommunications violation2014FCC$105,000,000
AT&T MobilityAT&Ttelecommunications violation2013FCC$600,000
AT&T MobilityAT&Tlabor relations violation2011NLRB$10,000
AT&T MobilityAT&Tlabor relations violation2008NLRB$5,000
AT&T MobilityAT&Twage and hour violation2016private lawsuit-federal$8,000,000
AT&T MobilityAT&Twage and hour violation2014private lawsuit-federal$5,000,000
AT&T MobilityAT&Ttelecommunications violation2018FCC$5,250,000
AT&T MobilityAT&Tconsumer protection violation2011FL-AG$1,760,000
AT&T MobilityAT&Tconsumer protection violation2009NY-AG$2,630,000
AT&T MobilityAT&Tconsumer protection violation2007CA-AG$500,000
AT&T MOBILITYAT&Tenvironmental violation2016MA-ENV$45,580
AT&T Mobility LLCAT&Tconsumer protection violation2014FTC$80,000,000
AT&T Mobility LLCAT&Ttelecommunications violation2015FCC$100,000,000
AT&T Mobility LLCAT&Tlabor relations violation2011NLRB$39,972
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 Mobility LLCAT&Tutility safety violation2012CA-PUC$2,300,000
AT&T Mobility LLCAT&Tconsumer protection violation2022private lawsuit-federal$14,000,000
AT&T Mobility LLCAT&Tconsumer protection violation2021private lawsuit-federal$12,000,000
AT&T Mobility LLCAT&Tconsumer protection violation2010private lawsuit-federal$18,000,000
AT&T Mobility National Accounts LLCAT&Tconsumer protection violation2021DC-AG$1,500,000
AT&T Mobility Services LLCAT&TFamily and Medical Leave Act2018WHD$20,290
AT&T Mobility, LLCAT&Tconsumer protection violation2019FTC$60,000,000
AT&T Network OperationsAT&Tutility safety violation2021MI-PSC$5,000
AT&T Network OperationsAT&Tutility safety violation2021MI-PSC$5,000
AT&T Network OperationsAT&Tutility safety violation2020MI-PSC$5,000
AT&T NETWORK SERVICESAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2007OSHA$13,440
AT&T OperationsAT&Twage and hour violation2012private lawsuit-federal$12,500,000
AT&T ServicesAT&Ttelecommunications violation2016FCC$7,750,000
AT&T ServicesAT&Twage and hour violation2018private lawsuit-federal$2,750,000
AT&T ServicesAT&Twage and hour violation2010private lawsuit-federal$17,000,000
AT&T ServicesAT&Twage and hour violation2008private lawsuit-federal$11,200,000
AT&T Services Inc.AT&Ttelecommunications violation2015FCC$6,900,000
AT&T Services Inc.AT&Ttelecommunications violation2015FCC$25,000,000
AT&T Services Inc.AT&Temployment discrimination2020OFCCP$173,000
AT&T Services Inc.AT&Temployment discrimination2020OFCCP$173,000
AT&T Services, IncAT&Twage and hour violation2010WHD$22,556
AT&T Services, Inc.AT&Temployment discrimination2010EEOC$60,000
AT&T Services, Inc.AT&Ttelecommunications violation2019FCC$75,000
AT&T Services, Inc.AT&Tenvironmental violation2019VA-ENV$7,087
AT&T SERVICES, INC.AT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2008OSHA$5,375
AT&T SERVICES, INC.AT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2019OSHA$8,800
AT&T Technical Services Corp.AT&TFalse Claims Act and related2009DOJ_CIVIL$8,266,414
AT&T TexasAT&Tutility administrative violation2016TX-PUC$24,000
AT&T Transoceanic Comm. LLCAT&Tunderground storage tank violation2023EPA$40,000
AT&T Transoceanic Communications LLC et al.AT&Tenvironmental violation2023EPA$40,000
AT&T WEST ROME SERVICE CENTERAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2010OSHA$10,500
AT&T WirelessAT&Ttelecommunications violation2002FCC$117,000
AT&T WirelessAT&Ttelecommunications violation2002FCC$2,000,000
AT&T, INCAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2000OSHA$9,750
AT&T, Inc.AT&Twage and hour violation2008WHD$6,728
AT&T, Inc.AT&Tconsumer protection violation2023MD-AG$1,625,000
AT&T/ALSAT&Tlabor relations violation2000NLRB$24,000
AT&T/SBCAT&Tlabor relations violation2006NLRB$30,000
AVAYAAvaya Holdingslabor relations violation2002NLRB$6,925
Avaya CommunicationsAvaya Holdingslabor relations violation2004NLRB$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.