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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 TypeYearAgencyPenalty Amount sort icon
AT&T Transoceanic Comm. LLCAT&Tunderground storage tank violation2023EPA$40,000
AT&T Transoceanic Communications LLC et al.AT&Tenvironmental violation2023EPA$40,000
Pacific Bell Telephone Co.AT&Tenvironmental violation2011CA-SCCDA$40,490
Dish Network ServicesDISH Networklabor relations violation2008NLRB$41,000
Bellsouth TelecommunicationsAT&Tlabor relations violation2002NLRB$42,000
Frontier Telephone of Rochester, Inc.Frontier Communicationslabor relations violation2007NLRB$42,189
CABLEVISION SYSTEMS NEW YORK CITY CORPORATIONAltice USA Inc.labor relations violation2018NLRB$42,273
Dish Network, LLC (Echostar)DISH Networkwage and hour violation2014WHD$43,310
QWEST COMMUNICATIONSLumen Technologieslabor relations violation2009NLRB$45,000
Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLCComcastlabor relations violation2018NLRB$45,000
Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLCComcastlabor relations violation2018NLRB$45,000
BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS INCAT&Tconsumer protection violation2006TN-PUC$45,000
United Telephone Company of Pennsylvania LLC dba CenturyLinkLumen Technologiesutility service violation2022PA-PUC$45,000
TIME WARNER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.Charter Communicationsworkplace safety or health violation2000OSHA$45,000
FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS NW INCFrontier Communicationswage and hour violation2011WA-DLI$45,428
AT&T MOBILITYAT&Tenvironmental violation2016MA-ENV$45,580
Bell AtlanticVerizon Communicationslabor relations violation2002NLRB$45,692
Vonage Holdings Corp.Ericssonconsumer protection violation2006NJ-AG$45,945
Time Warner CableCharter CommunicationsFamily and Medical Leave Act2007WHD$46,157
CSG Systems, Inc.CSG Systems Internationalwage and hour violation2007WHD$46,925
Embarq CorporationLumen Technologieslabor relations violation2012NLRB$47,357
180 Connect, Inc.AT&Twage and hour violation2004WHD$47,588
QWESTLumen Technologieslabor relations violation2009NLRB$49,000
AT&T Corp.AT&Temployment discrimination2000EEOC$50,000
Verizon WirelessVerizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2014FCC$50,000
DirecTV Home Services SacramentoAT&Tlabor relations violation2010NLRB$50,000
Comcast Cablevision of MD, Inc.Comcastlabor relations violation2005NLRB$50,000
Frontier Communications a Subsidiary of Citizens Communications Corp.Frontier Communicationslabor relations violation2003NLRB$50,000
AT&TAT&Tconsumer protection violation2005MO-AG$50,000
DIRECTV Inc.AT&Tprivacy violation2006MO-AG$50,000
EchoStar Communications dba Dish NetworkDISH Networkprivacy violation2005MO-AG$50,000
NextelT-Mobile USconsumer protection violation2003MO-AG$50,000
SprintT-Mobile USconsumer protection violation2003MO-AG$50,000
TracFone Wireless Inc.Verizon Communicationsprivacy violation2007MO-AG$50,000
Blockbuster, Inc.DISH Networkemployment discrimination2005EEOC$50,000
VERIZON PENNSYLVANIA INCVerizon Communicationsconsumer protection violation2005PA-PUC$50,000
Verizon SouthwestVerizon Communicationsutility administrative violation2019TX-PUC$50,000
CenturyTel of Inter Island, Inc. d/b/a CenturyLinkLumen Technologiesutility service violation2015WA-UTC$50,000
DOCOMO Pacific, Inc.Nippon Telegraph & Telephonetelecommunications violation2023FCC$50,000
MCI INTERNATIONAL, INCVerizon Communicationsbenefit plan administrator violation2006EBSA$50,001
WORLDCOM INTERNATIONAL DATA SERVICES, INC.Verizon Communicationsbenefit plan administrator violation2006EBSA$50,001
Leap Wireless International Inc.AT&Twage and hour violation2010WHD$50,132
Verizon Phone CompanyVerizon Communicationslabor relations violation2006NLRB$53,000
Purple Communications, Inc.ZVRSlabor relations violation2017NLRB$53,334
Comcast of Puget SoundComcastemployment discrimination2015OFCCP$53,633
NTT Security US Inc.Nippon Telegraph & Telephoneemployment screening violation2019private lawsuit-federal$55,000
Qwest Corporation, d/b/a CenturyLink QCLumen Technologieslabor relations violation2019NLRB$55,000
AT&TAT&TFamily and Medical Leave Act2011WHD$55,979
New Cingular Wireless PCS LLCAT&Twater pollution violation2010EPA$57,255
Charter Communications Inc.Charter Communicationsair pollution violation2014EPA$57,313
CABLEVISION SYSTEMS CORPORATIONAltice USA Inc.wage and hour violation2004WHD$58,283
BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc.AT&Tlabor relations violation2006NLRB$58,665
AT&T Services, Inc.AT&Temployment discrimination2010EEOC$60,000
AT & TAT&Tlabor relations violation2012NLRB$60,000
Qwest CommunicationsLumen Technologieslabor relations violation2010NLRB$60,000
Verizon-New York, Inc.Verizon Communicationslabor relations violation2007NLRB$60,000
MCI Worldcom Communications, Inc.Verizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2003OR-AG$60,000
T-MOBILE USA, INC.T-Mobile USlabor relations violation2017NLRB$60,000
T-MOBILE USA, INC.T-Mobile USlabor relations violation2017NLRB$60,000
Charter Communications, LLCCharter Communicationsemployment discrimination2024EEOC$60,000
CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS INC.Consolidated Communicationsworkplace safety or health violation2023OSHA$60,269
AT&T BROADBAND LLCAT&Tenvironmental violation2001EPA$60,441
Bell SouthAT&Tlabor relations violation2007NLRB$60,825
Southwestern Bell Telephone CompanyAT&Tlabor relations violation2001NLRB$60,846
Perot Systems Government ServicesNippon Telegraph & Telephonewage and hour violation2006WHD$61,631
Qwest CommunicationsLumen Technologieslabor relations violation2003NLRB$62,500
VERIZON NEW ENGLAND INCVerizon Communicationsenvironmental violation2001MA-ENV$62,500
Cablevision Systems CorporationAltice USA Inc.wage and hour violation2004WHD$62,889
Sprint Florida, Inc. / South AreaLumen Technologieslabor relations violation2004NLRB$63,000
Leap Wireless International, Inc.AT&Twage and hour violation2010WHD$63,031
Comcast of Washington, IV, Inc.Comcastlabor relations violation2003NLRB$64,000
COMCASTComcastenvironmental violation2002EPA$64,603
Docomo PacificNippon Telegraph & Telephonetelecommunications violation2013FCC$65,000
Verizon Virginia, Inc.Verizon Communicationslabor relations violation2011NLRB$65,000
Comcast CommunicationsComcastlabor relations violation2005NLRB$65,000
Alcatel-LucentNokiawage and hour violation2007WHD$67,418
CommScope, Inc. of North CarolinaCommScopewage and hour violation2022IL-DOL$67,627
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.Charter Communicationsworkplace safety or health violation2021OSHA$68,265
Verizon Delaware, Inc.Verizon Communicationslabor relations violation2010NLRB$69,500
Vonage Holdings Corp.Ericssonconsumer protection violation2008CT-AG$70,000
Verizon Florida, Inc.Verizon Communicationswage and hour violation2007WHD$71,941
Comcast CableComcastwage and hour violation2012MI-LEO$72,212
Avaya IncAvaya Holdingswage and hour violation2012MI-LEO$72,783
Verizon Washington DC, Inc.Verizon Communicationsair pollution violation2019DC-ENV$73,000
Charter Communications, Inc.Charter Communicationsconsumer protection violation2007OR-AG$73,460
Verizon Connected SolutionsVerizon CommunicationsFamily and Medical Leave Act2010WHD$73,526
AT&TAT&Temployment discrimination2009EEOC$75,000
AT&T CorporationAT&Tlabor relations violation2005NLRB$75,000
Avaya CommunicationsAvaya Holdingslabor relations violation2004NLRB$75,000
VerizonVerizon Communicationslabor relations violation2003NLRB$75,000
Charter CommunicationsCharter Communicationsprivacy violation2005MO-AG$75,000
Qwest CommunicationsLumen Technologiestelecommunications violation2000OR-AG$75,000
Verizon Communications Inc.Verizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2005NY-AG$75,000
AT&T Services, Inc.AT&Ttelecommunications violation2019FCC$75,000
AT&TAT&Temployment discrimination2003EEOC$75,000
Lumen TechnologiesLumen Technologiestelecommunications violation2022FCC$75,000
ComcastComcastconsumer protection violation2022CO-AG$75,000
Motorola SolutionsMotorola Solutionswage and hour violation2022MI-LEO$75,000
Bell Soutn CommunicationsAT&Tlabor relations violation2003NLRB$77,472
AT&TAT&Twage and hour violation2011MI-LEO$78,000
AT&T (Southwestern Bell Telephone)AT&Tlabor relations violation2009NLRB$80,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.