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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 ParentPrimary Offense TypeYearAgency sort iconPenalty Amount
PACIFIC BELL TELEPHONE COMPANYAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2023OSHA$18,635
LUMEN TECHNOLOGIESLumen Technologiesworkplace safety or health violation2023OSHA$16,000
COMCAST OF ILLINOIS VI, LLCComcastworkplace safety or health violation2023OSHA$6,563
COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT LLCComcastutility safety violation2018OR-PUC$7,000
CENTURYLINK COMMUNICATIONS LLCLumen Technologiesutility safety violation2017OR-PUC$9,000
CENTURYLINK COMMUNICATIONS LLCLumen Technologiesutility safety violation2017OR-PUC$5,000
QWEST CORPORATION DBA CENTURYLINK QCLumen Technologiesutility safety violation2012OR-PUC$5,000
QWEST CORPORATION DBA CENTURYLINK QCLumen Technologiesutility safety violation2012OR-PUC$5,000
QWEST CORPORATIONLumen Technologiesutility safety violation2011OR-PUC$10,000
QWEST CORPORATIONLumen Technologiesutility safety violation2011OR-PUC$5,000
QWEST CORPORATIONLumen Technologiesutility safety violation2010OR-PUC$5,800
VERIZON NORTHWEST INCVerizon Communicationsutility safety violation2010OR-PUC$10,000
VERIZON NORTHWEST INCVerizon Communicationsutility safety violation2007OR-PUC$12,500
COMCAST OF OREGON I INCComcastutility safety violation2007OR-PUC$18,000
VERIZON NORTHWEST INCVerizon Communicationsutility safety violation2006OR-PUC$5,800
QWEST CORPORATIONLumen Technologiesenvironmental violation2010OR-ENV$26,608
COMCAST OF OREGON I, INCComcastenvironmental violation2008OR-ENV$7,200
QWEST CORPORATIONLumen Technologiesenvironmental violation2008OR-ENV$8,184
LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLCLumen Technologieswater pollution violation2001OR-ENV$18,000
Charter Communications, Inc.Charter Communicationsconsumer protection violation2007OR-AG$73,460
MCI Worldcom Communications, Inc.Verizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2003OR-AG$60,000
Qwest CommunicationsLumen Technologiestelecommunications violation2000OR-AG$75,000
Qwest CorporationLumen Technologiestelecommunications violation2002OR-AG$575,000
Verizon BusinessVerizon Communicationsaccounting fraud or deficiencies2007OK-AG$11,700,000
Verizon North Inc.Verizon Communicationsutility service violation2008OH-PUC$250,000
SBC Ameritech OhioAT&Tutility service violation2002OH-PUC$8,200,000
Ameritech OhioAT&Tutility administrative violation2000OH-PUC$295,000
Comcast CorporationComcastemployment discrimination2015OFCCP$186,999
Comcast of Puget SoundComcastemployment discrimination2015OFCCP$53,633
Telcordia TechnologiesEricssonemployment discrimination2013OFCCP$20,500
Alltel Communications Inc.Verizon Communicationsemployment discrimination2007OFCCP$275,000
Frontier Communications CorporationFrontier Communicationsemployment discrimination2019OFCCP$100,000
Sprint CorporationT-Mobile USemployment discrimination2019OFCCP$558,650
Time Warner Cable LCCCharter Communicationsemployment discrimination2020OFCCP$745,000
Verizon Communications Inc.Verizon Communicationsemployment discrimination2020OFCCP$675,000
Comcast CorporationComcastemployment discrimination2020OFCCP$373,670
AT&T Services Inc.AT&Temployment discrimination2020OFCCP$173,000
AT&T Services Inc.AT&Temployment discrimination2020OFCCP$173,000
AT&TAT&Temployment discrimination2023OFCCP$19,741
Perot Systems CorporationNippon Telegraph & Telephoneeconomic sanction violation2005OFAC$21,776
Zhongxing Telecommunications Equipment Corporation (ZTE)ZTEexport control violation2017OFAC$100,871,266
Ericsson, Inc. and Ericsson ABEricssoneconomic sanction violation2018OFAC$145,893
Comtech Telecommunications Corp.Comtech Telecommunicationseconomic sanction violation2020OFAC$894,111
Frontier Telephone of Rochester, Inc.Frontier Communicationsutility safety violation2021NY-PSC$5,000,000
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
Sprint NextelT-Mobile USconsumer protection violation2006NY-NYCDCWP$295,000
T-Mobile USA Inc.T-Mobile USconsumer protection violation2005NY-NYCDCWP$135,000
T-Mobile USA, Inc.T-Mobile USconsumer protection violation2021NY-NYCDCWP$406,000
Verizon Communications Inc.Verizon Communicationsemployment discrimination2017NY-NYCCHR$6,000
Verizon New York, Inc.Verizon Communicationsemployment discrimination2007NY-DHR$24,356
Verizon New York, Inc.Verizon Communicationsemployment discrimination2010NY-DHR$7,500
AlticeAltice USA Inc.consumer protection violation2018NY-AG$5,000,000
AT&TAT&Tconsumer protection violation2004NY-AG$400,000
AT&TAT&Tconsumer protection violation2000NY-AG$40,000
AT&T MobilityAT&Tconsumer protection violation2009NY-AG$2,630,000
Charter Communications, Inc.Charter Communicationsconsumer protection violation2018NY-AG$174,200,000
Cingular Wireless LLCAT&Tconsumer protection violation2007NY-AG$35,000
Frontier CommunicationsFrontier Communicationsconsumer protection violation2018NY-AG$25,000,000
Frontier Communications, Inc.Frontier Communicationsconsumer protection violation2009NY-AG$85,000
Frontier Telephone of Rochester, Inc.Frontier Communicationsconsumer protection violation2006NY-AG$80,000
SprintT-Mobile UStax violations2018NY-AG$330,000,000
SprintT-Mobile USconsumer protection violation2008NY-AG$375,000
Time Warner CableCharter Communicationsconsumer protection violation2013NY-AG$2,200,000
Time Warner CableCharter Communicationsconsumer protection violation2008NY-AG$375,000
Time Warner Cable, Inc.Charter Communicationsconsumer protection violation2005NY-AG$350,500
Verizon CommunicationsVerizon Communicationsconsumer protection violation2008NY-AG$375,000
Verizon Communications Inc.Verizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2005NY-AG$75,000
Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationsconsumer protection violation2007NY-AG$1,150,000
Verizon CommunicationsVerizon Communicationsenvironmental violation2022NY-AG$118,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationsenvironmental violation2022NY-AG$118,000
Qwest International Communications, Inc.Lumen Technologiestelecommunications violation2000NV-AG$175,000
Qwest CommunicationsLumen Technologiesutility administrative violation2005NM-PRC$3,500,000
Purple Communications, Inc.ZVRSlabor relations violation2017NLRB$53,334
T Mobile USA, Inc.T-Mobile USlabor relations violation2016NLRB$30,000
Purple Communications, Inc.ZVRSlabor relations violation2015NLRB$18,703
COMCAST MO OF DELAWARE, LLCComcastlabor relations violation2015NLRB$152,628
WINDSTREAM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.Windstreamlabor relations violation2014NLRB$21,062
Ovations Food Services, L.P.Comcastlabor relations violation2012NLRB$32,053
Charter CommunicationsCharter Communicationslabor relations violation2012NLRB$6,000
Embarq CorporationLumen Technologieslabor relations violation2012NLRB$47,357
AT & TAT&Tlabor relations violation2012NLRB$60,000
AT&TAT&Tlabor relations violation2011NLRB$17,000
Verizon Virginia, Inc.Verizon Communicationslabor relations violation2011NLRB$65,000
AT&T Mobility LLCAT&Tlabor relations violation2011NLRB$39,972
Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationslabor relations violation2011NLRB$9,900
Comcast of Washington V, LLCComcastlabor relations violation2011NLRB$20,000
AT&T MobilityAT&Tlabor relations violation2011NLRB$10,000
DirecTV Home Services SacramentoAT&Tlabor relations violation2010NLRB$50,000
AT & T MobilityAT&Tlabor relations violation2010NLRB$5,173
AT&TAT&Tlabor relations violation2010NLRB$35,000
Verizon Delaware, Inc.Verizon Communicationslabor relations violation2010NLRB$69,500
DirecTV Customer Services, Inc.AT&Tlabor relations violation2010NLRB$21,056
AT&TAT&Tlabor relations violation2010NLRB$6,600
Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc. (Verizon Services Group)Verizon Communicationslabor relations violation2010NLRB$10,200
VerizonVerizon Communicationslabor relations violation2010NLRB$17,920
Frontier CommunicationsFrontier Communicationslabor relations violation2010NLRB$128,566
Qwest CommunicationsLumen Technologieslabor relations violation2010NLRB$60,000
SBC Internet Services Inc. d/b/a AT&T Internet ServicesAT&Tlabor relations violation2010NLRB$38,187
AT&TAT&Tlabor relations violation2009NLRB$10,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.