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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
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Nokiaworkplace safety or health violation2000OSHA$13,500
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Nokiaenvironmental violation2000EPA$5,000
Lucent Technologies World Services Inc.NokiaFalse Claims Act and related2012DOJ_CIVIL$4,200,000
Lucent Technologies Inc.NokiaForeign Corrupt Practices Act2007DOJ_CRIMINAL$1,000,000
Lucent Technologies Inc.NokiaForeign Corrupt Practices Act2007SEC$1,500,000
Lucent Technologies Inc.Nokiaaccounting fraud or deficiencies2004SEC$25,000,000
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIESNokialabor relations violation2003NLRB$17,500
Lucent TechnologiesNokialabor relations violation2002NLRB$13,784
Lucent TechnologiesNokialabor relations violation2002NLRB$21,669
Lucent TechnologiesNokiabenefit plan administrator violation2004private lawsuit-federal$69,000,000
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIESNokiaworkplace safety or health violation2000OSHA$5,000
LM EricssonEricssonForeign Corrupt Practices Act2023DOJ_CRIMINAL$206,000,000
LEVEL 3, INC.Lumen Technologiesworkplace safety or health violation2011OSHA$5,880
Level 3 Communications, LLCLumen TechnologiesFalse Claims Act and related2016MA-AG$8,200,000
LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLCLumen Technologieswater pollution violation2001OR-ENV$18,000
Level 3 Communications, LLCLumen Technologieskickbacks and bribery2021USAO$12,772,843
Level 3 Communications, Inc.Lumen Technologiesbenefit plan administrator violation2012private lawsuit-federal$3,200,000
Level 3 CommunicationsLumen Technologieswage and hour violation2012private lawsuit-federal$178,706
Level 3Lumen Technologiestelecommunications violation2013FCC$1,000,000
Leap Wireless International, Inc.AT&Twage and hour violation2010WHD$28,911
Leap Wireless International, Inc.AT&Twage and hour violation2010WHD$547,072
Leap Wireless International, Inc.AT&Twage and hour violation2010WHD$63,031
Leap Wireless International Inc.AT&Twage and hour violation2010WHD$50,132
ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE, INC. DBA AT&T ILLINOISAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2011OSHA$10,000
ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE, INC.AT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2012OSHA$15,000
ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY DBA AT&T SERVICES, INC.AT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2022OSHA$10,151
ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY DBA AT&T ILLINOISAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2007OSHA$7,500
ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY DBA AT&T ILLINOISAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2010OSHA$7,000
IDT Corp.IDT Corp.consumer protection violation2009NJ-AG$5,000
IDT America, IncorporatedIDT Corp.consumer protection violation2005GA-PSC$33,000
Hughes Electronics CorporationAT&Texport control violation2003DDTC$24,000,000
GLOBAL SPECTRUM, LP (PA)Comcastworkplace safety or health violation2022OSHA$116,083
GLOBAL SPECTRUM, LPComcastworkplace safety or health violation2021OSHA$13,052
GLOBAL SPECTRUM LPComcastworkplace safety or health violation2016OSHA$9,450
Global Spectrum L.P.Comcastwage and hour violation2010WHD$34,704
GLOBAL SPECTRUM L.P.Comcastworkplace safety or health violation2010OSHA$8,000
General Communication Inc.Liberty BroadbandFalse Claims Act and related2011DOJ_CIVIL$1,556,075
General Communication Inc.Liberty Broadbandtelecommunications violation2016FCC$2,400,000
General Communication Inc.Liberty Broadbandtelecommunications violation2015FCC$600,000
GCI Communications Corp.Liberty BroadbandFalse Claims Act and related2023DOJ_CIVIL$40,242,546
GCI Communication Corp.Liberty Broadbandtelecommunications violation2023FCC$42,000,000
GCI CommunicationLiberty Broadbandtelecommunications violation2015FCC$20,000
Frontier, A Citizens Communication CompanyFrontier Communicationslabor relations violation2005NLRB$20,000
Frontier Telephone of Rochester, Inc.Frontier Communicationswage and hour violation2005WHD$386,836
Frontier Telephone of Rochester, Inc.Frontier Communicationslabor relations violation2007NLRB$42,189
Frontier Telephone of Rochester, Inc.Frontier Communicationsconsumer protection violation2006NY-AG$80,000
Frontier Telephone of Rochester, Inc.Frontier Communicationsutility safety violation2021NY-PSC$5,000,000
FRONTIER TELEPHONE CORP.Frontier Communicationsworkplace safety or health violation2002OSHA$8,800
Frontier Communications, Inc.Frontier Communicationsconsumer protection violation2009NY-AG$85,000
FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.Frontier Communicationsworkplace safety or health violation2016OSHA$8,730
Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. et al.Frontier Communicationsutility service violation2022CA-PUC$2,504,000
Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. et al.Frontier Communicationsconsumer protection violation2022CT-AG$43,700,000
Frontier Communications of New York, Inc.Frontier Communicationsutility service violation2021NY-PSC$2,700,000
FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS OF AMERICA, INC.Frontier Communicationsworkplace safety or health violation2022OSHA$7,700
FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS NW INCFrontier Communicationswage and hour violation2011WA-DLI$45,428
FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS NORTHWEST INCFrontier Communicationsworkplace safety or health violation2016OSHA$20,000
FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS NORTHWEST INCFrontier Communicationsworkplace safety or health violation2018OSHA$14,000
Frontier Communications CorporationFrontier Communicationswage and hour violation2012WHD$21,823
Frontier Communications CorporationFrontier Communicationsemployment discrimination2019OFCCP$100,000
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 a Subsidiary of Citizens Communications Corp.Frontier Communicationslabor relations violation2003NLRB$50,000
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
Fairpoint Communications/Northland Tel. Co.Consolidated Communicationsutility safety violation2011ME-PUC$5,000
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
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
Ericsson, Inc. and Ericsson ABEricssoneconomic sanction violation2018OFAC$145,893
ERICSSON, INC. / EUS, INC.Ericssonworkplace safety or health violation2019OSHA$19,155
ERICSSON INC.Ericssonworkplace safety or health violation2018OSHA$18,000
Ericsson IncEricssonwage and hour violation2012WHD$1,184,535
Ericsson de Panama S. A.Ericssonexport control violation2012BIS$1,753,000
EricssonEricssonForeign Corrupt Practices Act2019DOJ_CRIMINAL$520,000,000
EricssonEricssonForeign Corrupt Practices Act2019SEC$539,000,000
Embarq Holdings Company LLCLumen Technologieswage and hour violation2007WHD$202,314
Embarq CorporationLumen Technologieslabor relations violation2012NLRB$47,357
EchoStar Communications dba Dish NetworkDISH Networkprivacy violation2005MO-AG$50,000
EchoStar Communications CorporationDISH Networkconsumer protection violation2003MULTI-AG$5,000,000
EchoStar Communications Corp.DISH Networkemployment discrimination2005EEOC$8,000,000
DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.Comcastprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2017private lawsuit-federal$50,000,000
DOCOMO Pacific, Inc.Nippon Telegraph & Telephonetelecommunications violation2023FCC$50,000
Docomo PacificNippon Telegraph & Telephonetelecommunications violation2013FCC$65,000
Dobson Cellular Systems, Inc.AT&Tlabor relations violation2004NLRB$25,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.