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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 Type sort iconYearAgencyPenalty Amount
SprintT-Mobile USwage and hour violation2011private lawsuit-federal$2,712,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationswage and hour violation2011private lawsuit-federal$750,000
AT&T ServicesAT&Twage and hour violation2010private lawsuit-federal$17,000,000
Charter CommunicationsCharter Communicationswage and hour violation2010private lawsuit-federal$18,000,000
NextelT-Mobile USwage and hour violation2010private lawsuit-federal$2,800,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationswage and hour violation2010private lawsuit-state$5,000,000
MCI Communication ServicesVerizon Communicationswage and hour violation2009private lawsuit-federal$3,450,000
Pacific BellAT&Twage and hour violation2009private lawsuit-federal$1,500,000
SprintT-Mobile USwage and hour violation2009private lawsuit-federal$8,771,000
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
DirecTV, Inc. et al.AT&Twage and hour violation2011private lawsuit-federal$1,350,000
Cablevision Systems CorporationAltice USA Inc.wage and hour violation2019private lawsuit-federal$1,400,000
T-Mobile USA, Inc.T-Mobile USwage and hour violation2019private lawsuit-federal$980,000
Sprint United Management CompanyT-Mobile USwage and hour violation2019WHD$11,056
Sprint United Management CompanyT-Mobile USwage and hour violation2019WHD$35,054
Metro PCST-Mobile USwage and hour violation2017WHD$10,952
Metro PCST-Mobile USwage and hour violation2017WHD$9,173
NTT DATA Services Federal Government, Inc.Nippon Telegraph & Telephonewage and hour violation2016WHD$268,958
DIRECTV, Inc.AT&Twage and hour violation2015WHD$14,147
Sprint/United Management CompanyT-Mobile USwage and hour violation2019private lawsuit-federal$3,250,000
Sprint/United Management CompanyT-Mobile USwage and hour violation2019private lawsuit-federal$4,000,000
T-Mobile USA, Inc.T-Mobile USwage and hour violation2020private lawsuit-federal$8,000,000
Motorola Solutions, Inc.Motorola Solutionswage and hour violation2020IL-DOL$6,188
T-Mobile USA, Inc.T-Mobile USwage and hour violation2019IL-DOL$9,011
Sprint United Management CompanyT-Mobile USwage and hour violation2021private lawsuit-federal$2,750,000
T-Mobile USA IncT-Mobile USwage and hour violation2021private lawsuit-federal$2,000,000
COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC dba Comcast CableComcastwage and hour violation2021CA-LCO$10,114
Charter Communications, Inc.Charter Communicationswage and hour violation2019CA-LCO$7,918
Charter Communications, Inc.Charter Communicationswage and hour violation2019CA-LCO$5,905
Time Warner Cable, Inc.Charter Communicationswage and hour violation2017CA-LCO$10,595
Time Warner Cable, Inc.Charter Communicationswage and hour violation2017CA-LCO$6,550
Comcast of California/Colorado/Washington I, Inc.Comcastwage and hour violation2014CA-LCO$7,754
Sprint/United Management CompanyT-Mobile USwage and hour violation2009CA-LCO$8,367
AT & T Mobility, LLCAT&Twage and hour violation2008CA-LCO$12,064
Century LinkLumen Technologieswage and hour violation2021CO-DL$13,508
Motorola SolutionsMotorola Solutionswage and hour violation2022MI-LEO$75,000
AT&TAT&Twage and hour violation2022MI-LEO$5,547
AT&TAT&Twage and hour violation2021MI-LEO$8,177
Comcast CableComcastwage and hour violation2019MI-LEO$7,500
Metro PcsT-Mobile USwage and hour violation2016MI-LEO$26,010
Charter Communications LlcCharter Communicationswage and hour violation2015MI-LEO$8,693
Comcast CableComcastwage and hour violation2012MI-LEO$72,212
Avaya IncAvaya Holdingswage and hour violation2012MI-LEO$72,783
A T & TAT&Twage and hour violation2011MI-LEO$9,063
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
Xo CommunicationsVerizon Communicationswage and hour violation2010MI-LEO$11,000
AT&TAT&Twage and hour violation2010MI-LEO$6,513
ComcastComcastwage and hour violation2023IL-DOL$1,419,120
VerizonVerizon Communicationswage and hour violation2022IL-DOL$13,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationswage and hour violation2022IL-DOL$6,587
CommScope, Inc. of North CarolinaCommScopewage and hour violation2022IL-DOL$67,627
AT&TAT&Twage and hour violation2021IL-DOL$9,515
AT&T CORPAT&Twage and hour violation2021IL-DOL$35,500
VERIZON CORPORATE RESOURCES GROUP LVerizon Communicationswage and hour violation2021IL-DOL$475,000
Nokia of America CorporationNokiawage and hour violation2021IL-DOL$12,329
Verizon Connect Inc.Verizon Communicationswage and hour violation2024private lawsuit-federal$1,625,000
U.S. West Communications Inc.Lumen Technologiesutility service violation2004AZ-CC$9,000,000
US West CommunicationsLumen Technologiesutility service violation2000AZ-CC$1,500,000
QwestLumen Technologiesutility service violation2006CA-PUC$180,000
BellSouthAT&Tutility service violation2001GA-PSC$7,000,000
Frontier Communications of New York, Inc.Frontier Communicationsutility service violation2021NY-PSC$2,700,000
AlticeAltice USA Inc.utility service violation2021NY-PSC$71,940,000
Charter CommunicationsCharter Communicationsutility service violation2017NY-PSC$13,000,000
Verizon North Inc.Verizon Communicationsutility service violation2008OH-PUC$250,000
SBC Ameritech OhioAT&Tutility service violation2002OH-PUC$8,200,000
Verizon Pennsylvania LLCVerizon Communicationsutility service violation2021PA-PUC$7,500
WindstreamWindstreamutility service violation2016TX-PUC$225,000
Consolidated Communications of Texas CompanyConsolidated Communicationsutility service violation2016TX-PUC$5,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationsutility service violation2016TX-PUC$100,000
Southwestern Bell Telephone CompanyAT&Tutility service violation2013TX-PUC$227,000
Telephone Operating Company of Vermont, Inc., d/b/a Consolidated Communications, Inc.Consolidated Communicationsutility service violation2019VT-PUC$120,000
Qwest Corporation dba CenturyLink QCLumen Technologiesutility service violation2016WA-UTC$2,854,750
CenturyTel of Inter Island, Inc. d/b/a CenturyLinkLumen Technologiesutility service violation2015WA-UTC$50,000
AmeritechAT&Tutility service violation2000WI-PSC$10,000,000
Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. et al.Frontier Communicationsutility service violation2022CA-PUC$2,504,000
VERIZONVerizon Communicationsutility service violation2022PA-PUC$10,000
VERIZONVerizon Communicationsutility service violation2022PA-PUC$8,000
VERIZONVerizon Communicationsutility service violation2022PA-PUC$5,000
VERIZONVerizon Communicationsutility service violation2022PA-PUC$8,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationsutility service violation2022PA-PUC$6,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationsutility service violation2022PA-PUC$5,500
Verizon PAVerizon Communicationsutility service violation2022PA-PUC$5,000
T-Mobile USA, Inc.T-Mobile USutility service violation2022CA-PUC$3,585,000
CenturyLinkLumen Technologiesutility service violation2022WA-UTC$226,000
United Telephone Company of Pennsylvania LLC dba CenturyLinkLumen Technologiesutility service violation2022PA-PUC$45,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationsutility service violation2023PA-PUC$5,000
ComcastComcastutility service violation2023PA-PUC$12,000
AT&T Mobility LLCAT&Tutility safety violation2012CA-PUC$2,300,000
Cellco Partnership LLP d/b/a Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationsutility safety violation2012CA-PUC$2,300,000
Sprint Telephony PCS, L.P.T-Mobile USutility safety violation2012CA-PUC$2,300,000
TIME WARNER CABLE BUSINESS LLCCharter Communicationsutility safety violation2015KS-CC$7,500
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO.AT&Tutility safety violation2015KS-CC$7,500
Consolidated CommunicationsConsolidated Communicationsutility safety violation2021ME-PUC$5,000
Consolidated CommunicationsConsolidated Communicationsutility safety violation2021ME-PUC$14,000
Consolidated CommunicationsConsolidated Communicationsutility safety violation2021ME-PUC$11,000
Charter CommunicationsCharter Communicationsutility safety violation2021ME-PUC$6,000
Consolidated CommunicationsConsolidated Communicationsutility safety violation2021ME-PUC$14,500
Consolidated CommunicationsConsolidated Communicationsutility safety violation2021ME-PUC$8,500
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.