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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

Individual Penalty Records:

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Company sort iconCurrent ParentPrimary Offense TypeYearAgencyPenalty Amount
CSG Systems, Inc.CSG Systems Internationalwage and hour violation2007WHD$46,925
Deutsche Telekom AGDeutsche Telekomworkplace whistleblower retaliation2012OSHA$345,972
Deutsche Telekom North America Inc.Deutsche Telekomtax violations2012CT-AG$8,355
DIRECT TVAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2011OSHA$5,600
DIRECT TV HOME SERVICESAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2010OSHA$6,300
DIRECT TV HOME SERVICES, INC.AT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2009OSHA$9,000
DIRECTVAT&Tprivacy violation2009FTC$2,310,000
DIRECTVAT&Tconsumer protection violation2005FTC$5,335,000
DirecTVAT&Twage and hour violation2015WHD$395,000
DirecTVAT&Tconsumer protection violation2010MULTI-AG$13,250,000
DirecTVAT&Tconsumer protection violation2005MULTI-AG$5,000,000
DirecTVAT&Thazardous waste violation2017CA-AG$9,500,000
DIRECTVAT&Tconsumer protection violation2017WI-DATC$292,500
DirecTVAT&Tair pollution violation2016CA-SCAQMD$17,500
DirecTVAT&Tair pollution violation2005CA-SCAQMD$10,000
DirecTVAT&Tprivacy violation2023private lawsuit-federal$17,000,000
DirecTVAT&Tconsumer protection violation2023private lawsuit-federal$9,400,000
DirecTV Customer Services, Inc.AT&Tlabor relations violation2010NLRB$21,056
DIRECTV HOME SERVICESAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2009OSHA$5,000
DIRECTV HOME SERVICES INCAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2009OSHA$5,000
DirecTV Home Services SacramentoAT&Tlabor relations violation2010NLRB$50,000
DIRECTV Inc.AT&Ttelecommunications violation2004FCC$87,500
DIRECTV Inc.AT&Tprivacy violation2006MO-AG$50,000
DirecTV LLCAT&TFamily and Medical Leave Act2016WHD$12,576
DirecTV LLCAT&Tprivacy violation2023private lawsuit-federal$16,850,000
DirecTV, Inc.AT&Tconsumer protection violation2006WI-AG$115,000
DIRECTV, Inc.AT&Twage and hour violation2015WHD$14,147
DirecTV, Inc. et al.AT&Twage and hour violation2011private lawsuit-federal$1,350,000
DirecTV, LLCAT&Temployment screening violation2018private lawsuit-federal$125,000
DirecTV, LLCAT&Temployment screening violation2017private lawsuit-federal$600,000
DIRECTV, LLCAT&Tconsumer protection violation2021CO-AG$1,022,000
Dish NetworkDISH Networkconsumer protection violation2017FTC$280,000,000
Dish NetworkDISH Networkwage and hour violation2016private lawsuit-federal$1,918,036
DISH NetworkDISH Networkconsumer protection violation2014WA-AG$5,569,500
Dish NetworkDISH Networkprivacy violation2020DOJ_CIVIL$126,000,000
Dish NetworkDISH Networkprivacy violation2020MULTI-AG(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $210,000,000
Dish NetworkDISH Networkprivacy violation2017private lawsuit-federal$61,000,000
DISH NETWORKDISH Networkworkplace safety or health violation2007OSHA$5,000
DISH NETWORKDISH Networkworkplace safety or health violation2012OSHA$9,000
DISH NETWORKDISH Networkworkplace safety or health violation2022OSHA$124,305
DISH Network California Service Corp.DISH Networkhazardous waste violation2022CA-MULTI$5,500,000
Dish Network California Services, Inc.DISH Networklabor relations violation2008NLRB$22,016
Dish Network L.L.C.DISH Networkwage and hour violation2009WHD$489,666
DISH Network L.L.C.DISH Networkconsumer protection violation2015CO-AG$2,000,000
DISH Network LLCDISH Networkemployment screening violation2017private lawsuit-federal$1,750,000
DISH Network LLCDISH Networkemployment discrimination2019EEOC$1,250,000
Dish Network Service CorpDISH Networklabor relations violation2008NLRB$36,890
Dish Network Service Corp.DISH Networklabor relations violation2003NLRB$27,505
Dish Network Service CorporationDISH Networklabor relations violation2002NLRB$14,000
Dish Network ServicesDISH Networklabor relations violation2008NLRB$41,000
DISH NETWORK SERVICES LLCDISH Networkworkplace safety or health violation2010OSHA$7,000
DISH Network, L.L.C.DISH Networkconsumer protection violation2009MULTI-AG$5,900,000
Dish Network, LLCDISH Networklabor relations violation2018NLRB$261,122
Dish Network, LLC (Echostar)DISH Networkwage and hour violation2014WHD$43,310
Dobson Cellular Systems, Inc.AT&Tlabor relations violation2004NLRB$25,000
Docomo PacificNippon Telegraph & Telephonetelecommunications violation2013FCC$65,000
DOCOMO Pacific, Inc.Nippon Telegraph & Telephonetelecommunications violation2023FCC$50,000
DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.Comcastprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2017private lawsuit-federal$50,000,000
EchoStar Communications Corp.DISH Networkemployment discrimination2005EEOC$8,000,000
EchoStar Communications CorporationDISH Networkconsumer protection violation2003MULTI-AG$5,000,000
EchoStar Communications dba Dish NetworkDISH Networkprivacy violation2005MO-AG$50,000
Embarq CorporationLumen Technologieslabor relations violation2012NLRB$47,357
Embarq Holdings Company LLCLumen Technologieswage and hour violation2007WHD$202,314
EricssonEricssonForeign Corrupt Practices Act2019DOJ_CRIMINAL$520,000,000
EricssonEricssonForeign Corrupt Practices Act2019SEC$539,000,000
Ericsson de Panama S. A.Ericssonexport control violation2012BIS$1,753,000
Ericsson IncEricssonwage and hour violation2012WHD$1,184,535
ERICSSON INC.Ericssonworkplace safety or health violation2018OSHA$18,000
ERICSSON, INC. / EUS, INC.Ericssonworkplace safety or health violation2019OSHA$19,155
Ericsson, Inc. and Ericsson ABEricssoneconomic sanction violation2018OFAC$145,893
FairpointConsolidated Communicationsutility safety violation2013ME-PUC$6,500
FairpointConsolidated Communicationsutility safety violation2013ME-PUC$6,500
FairpointConsolidated Communicationsutility safety violation2012ME-PUC$8,000
FairpointConsolidated Communicationsutility safety violation2012ME-PUC$10,000
Fairpoint CommunicationsConsolidated Communicationsutility safety violation2017ME-PUC$7,000
Fairpoint CommunicationsConsolidated Communicationsutility safety violation2017ME-PUC$5,000
Fairpoint CommunicationsConsolidated Communicationsutility safety violation2014ME-PUC$5,000
Fairpoint CommunicationsConsolidated Communicationsutility safety violation2014ME-PUC$5,000
Fairpoint CommunicationsConsolidated Communicationsutility safety violation2012ME-PUC$12,000
Fairpoint CommunicationsConsolidated Communicationsutility safety violation2012ME-PUC$7,500
Fairpoint CommunicationsConsolidated Communicationsutility safety violation2012ME-PUC$5,000
Fairpoint CommunicationsConsolidated Communicationsutility safety violation2011ME-PUC$5,000
Fairpoint CommunicationsConsolidated Communicationsutility safety violation2011ME-PUC$6,000
Fairpoint Communications/Northland Tel. Co.Consolidated Communicationsutility safety violation2011ME-PUC$5,000
Frontier CommunicationsFrontier Communicationslabor relations violation2010NLRB$128,566
Frontier CommunicationsFrontier Communicationsconsumer protection violation2018NY-AG$25,000,000
Frontier CommunicationsFrontier Communicationstelecommunications violation2015WV-AG$160,000,000
Frontier CommunicationsFrontier Communicationsconsumer protection violation2022CA-MULTI(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $69,000,000
Frontier CommunicationsFrontier Communicationsconsumer protection violation2022FTC$69,000,000
Frontier CommunicationsFrontier Communicationsconsumer protection violation2022CT-AG$60,000,000
Frontier CommunicationsFrontier Communicationsconsumer protection violation2022IN-AG$15,000,000
Frontier CommunicationsFrontier Communicationsconsumer protection violation2022WI-AG$15,090,000
Frontier CommunicationsFrontier Communicationsconsumer protection violation2022IN-AG$15,000,000
Frontier Communications a Subsidiary of Citizens Communications Corp.Frontier Communicationslabor relations violation2003NLRB$50,000
Frontier Communications Corp. et al.Frontier Communicationsconsumer protection violation2020MN-AG$750,000
Frontier Communications Corp. et al.Frontier Communicationsconsumer protection violation2020WA-AG$900,000
Frontier Communications CorporationFrontier Communicationswage and hour violation2012WHD$21,823
Frontier Communications CorporationFrontier Communicationsemployment discrimination2019OFCCP$100,000
FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS NORTHWEST INCFrontier Communicationsworkplace safety or health violation2016OSHA$20,000
FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS NORTHWEST INCFrontier Communicationsworkplace safety or health violation2018OSHA$14,000
FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS NW INCFrontier Communicationswage and hour violation2011WA-DLI$45,428
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.