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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
SPECTRUM NEW YORK METRO, LLC F/K/A TIME WARNER CABLE NEW YORK CITY LLCCharter Communicationsconsumer protection violation2020NJ-BPU$156,000
SPECTRUM CABLE SERVICES, INC.Charter Communicationswage and hour violation2008WHD$84,085
Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P.AT&Tlabor relations violation2009NLRB$117,000
Southwestern Bell Telephone CompanyAT&Tlabor relations violation2005NLRB$18,000
Southwestern Bell Telephone CompanyAT&Tlabor relations violation2001NLRB$14,200
Southwestern Bell Telephone CompanyAT&Tlabor relations violation2001NLRB$60,846
Southwestern Bell Telephone CompanyAT&Tutility service violation2013TX-PUC$227,000
Southwestern Bell Telephone CompanyAT&Tenvironmental violation2023TX-ENV$9,261
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANYAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2014OSHA$6,000
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANYAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2015OSHA$15,500
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANYAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2015OSHA$20,020
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANYAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2017OSHA$5,432
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANYAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2020OSHA$9,000
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO.AT&Tutility safety violation2015KS-CC$7,500
Southwestern Bell TelephoneAT&Tlabor relations violation2002NLRB$5,560
Southwestern Bell TelephoneAT&Tprivacy violation2005MO-AG$150,000
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONEAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2000OSHA$6,000
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONEAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2002OSHA$6,250
Southwestern Bell CommunicationsAT&TFamily and Medical Leave Act2004WHD$20,000
Southwestern BellAT&Temployment discrimination2012private lawsuit-state$5,120,000
Southern New England Telephone and Woodbury TelephoneFrontier Communicationsconsumer protection violation2002CT-AG$561,000
Southern New England TelephoneFrontier Communicationstelecommunications violation2015FCC$4,000,000
South Central BellAT&Temployment discrimination2003private lawsuit-federal$6,000,000
SBC, Inc.AT&Tlabor relations violation2003NLRB$23,646
SBC Pension Benefit Plan-Nonbargained ProgramAT&Tbenefit plan administrator violation2008private lawsuit-federal$16,000,000
SBC Internet Services Inc. d/b/a AT&T Internet ServicesAT&Tlabor relations violation2010NLRB$38,187
SBC Communications, Inc.AT&TFamily and Medical Leave Act2004WHD$15,000
SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC.AT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2004OSHA$5,000
SBC COMMUNICATIONS INCAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2004OSHA$5,950
SBC Communications aka: Advanced Solutions Inc., et al.AT&Tlabor relations violation2005NLRB$7,000
SBC CommunicationsAT&Ttelecommunications violation2003FCC$1,350,000
SBC CommunicationsAT&Ttelecommunications violation2002FCC$6,000,000
SBC CommunicationsAT&Ttelecommunications violation2002FCC$3,600,000
SBC CommunicationsAT&Ttelecommunications violation2001FCC$2,520,000
SBC CommunicationsAT&Twage and hour violation2004WHD$98,547
SBC CommunicationsAT&Tlabor relations violation2006NLRB$10,831
SBC CommunicationsAT&Tlabor relations violation2005NLRB$7,500
SBC CommunicationsAT&Tbenefit plan administrator violation2002private lawsuit-federal$10,000,000
SBC CommunicationsAT&Tconsumer protection violation2002CA-PUC$27,000,000
SBC Ameritech OhioAT&Tutility service violation2002OH-PUC$8,200,000
SBC AMERITECHAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2003OSHA$5,375
SBCAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2005OSHA$7,500
SBCAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2004OSHA$8,700
SBCAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2003OSHA$6,250
SBCAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2004OSHA$5,000
SBA NETWORK SERVICES, INC.SBA Communicationsworkplace safety or health violation2002OSHA$13,125
SBA NETWORK SERVICESSBA Communicationsworkplace safety or health violation2000OSHA$6,500
Savvis Communications CorporationLumen Technologiesair pollution violation2011GA-ENV$7,500
Ribbon Communications Inc. (fka Sonus Networks)Ribbon Communicationsinvestor protection violation2018SEC$1,900,000
Qwest/LCILumen Technologiesconsumer protection violation2002CA-PUC$20,340,000
Qwest International Communications, Inc.Lumen Technologiestelecommunications violation2000NV-AG$175,000
Qwest InternationalLumen Technologiestelecommunications violation2001NJ-DCA$500,000
Qwest Corporation, d/b/a CenturyLink QCLumen Technologieslabor relations violation2019NLRB$55,000
QWEST CORPORATION DBA CENTURYLINK QCLumen Technologiesutility safety violation2012OR-PUC$5,000
QWEST CORPORATION DBA CENTURYLINK QCLumen Technologiesutility safety violation2012OR-PUC$5,000
Qwest Corporation dba CenturyLink QCLumen Technologiesutility service violation2016WA-UTC$2,854,750
Qwest CorporationLumen Technologiestelecommunications violation2004FCC$9,000,000
Qwest CorporationLumen Technologieslabor relations violation2009NLRB$83,400
Qwest CorporationLumen Technologiestelecommunications violation2002OR-AG$575,000
QWEST CORPORATIONLumen Technologiesenvironmental violation2010OR-ENV$26,608
QWEST CORPORATIONLumen Technologiesenvironmental violation2008OR-ENV$8,184
QWEST CORPORATIONLumen Technologiesutility safety violation2011OR-PUC$10,000
QWEST CORPORATIONLumen Technologiesutility safety violation2011OR-PUC$5,000
QWEST CORPORATIONLumen Technologiesutility safety violation2010OR-PUC$5,800
Qwest CorporationLumen Technologiesutility administrative violation2006WA-UTC$7,800,000
Qwest CorporationLumen Technologiesconsumer protection violation2002WA-UTC$3,200,000
Qwest CorporationLumen Technologiesconsumer protection violation2000WA-UTC$1,000,000
Qwest Corp.Lumen Technologiesconsumer protection violation2002ID-AG$200,000
QWEST CORP DBA CENTURYLINK QCLumen Technologiesworkplace safety or health violation2013OSHA$15,120
Qwest Communications, Inc.Lumen Technologieslabor relations violation2009NLRB$188,003
Qwest Communications International, Inc.Lumen Technologiestelecommunications violation2001CT-AG$1,100,000
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL, INC.Lumen Technologiesenvironmental violation2001EPA$86,847
Qwest Communications International Inc.Lumen Technologiesaccounting fraud or deficiencies2004SEC$250,000,000
Qwest Communications International Inc.Lumen Technologiesemployment discrimination2006EEOC$400,000
Qwest Communications International Inc.Lumen Technologiestelecommunications violation2000MN-AG$500,000
Qwest Communications InternationalLumen Technologiestelecommunications violation2003FCC$6,500,000
Qwest Communications InternationalLumen Technologiesconsumer protection violation2001PA-AG$350,000
Qwest Communications CorporationLumen Technologieswage and hour violation2007WHD$18,000
Qwest Communications CorporationLumen Technologiesconsumer protection violation2000WI-AG$250,000
Qwest Communications Corp. and LCI International Telecom Corp.Lumen Technologiesconsumer protection violation2000KS-AG$350,000
Qwest CommunicationsLumen Technologieslabor relations violation2010NLRB$60,000
QWEST COMMUNICATIONSLumen Technologieslabor relations violation2009NLRB$45,000
Qwest CommunicationsLumen Technologieslabor relations violation2008NLRB$100,000
Qwest CommunicationsLumen Technologieslabor relations violation2008NLRB$11,200
Qwest CommunicationsLumen Technologieslabor relations violation2003NLRB$62,500
Qwest CommunicationsLumen Technologiesbenefit plan administrator violation2007private lawsuit-federal$33,000,000
Qwest CommunicationsLumen Technologiestelecommunications violation2000OR-AG$75,000
Qwest CommunicationsLumen Technologiesconsumer protection violation2002WA-AG$1,300,000
Qwest CommunicationsLumen Technologiesutility administrative violation2004AZ-CC$20,700,000
Qwest CommunicationsLumen Technologiesutility administrative violation2006MN-PUC$360,000
Qwest CommunicationsLumen Technologiesutility administrative violation2005MN-PUC$25,900,000
Qwest CommunicationsLumen Technologiesutility administrative violation2005NM-PRC$3,500,000
QWESTLumen Technologieslabor relations violation2009NLRB$49,000
QwestLumen Technologieswage and hour violation2011private lawsuit-federal$975,000
QwestLumen Technologiesaccounting fraud or deficiencies2007AK-AG$19,000,000
QwestLumen Technologiesconsumer protection violation2003AZ-AG$3,750,000
QwestLumen Technologiesconsumer protection violation2002CO-AG$1,000,000
QwestLumen Technologiesutility service violation2006CA-PUC$180,000
Purple Communications, Inc.ZVRSlabor relations violation2017NLRB$53,334
Purple Communications, Inc.ZVRSlabor relations violation2015NLRB$18,703
PURPLE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.ZVRSbenefit plan administrator violation2022EBSA$10,001
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.