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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 Companies	Total Penalty $	Number of Records
ZTE	$2,592,360,064	4
Verizon Communications	$2,577,802,258	262
T-Mobile US	$1,728,257,835	96
Ericsson	$1,376,507,028	15
AT&T	$1,221,307,295	319
Mobile TeleSystems PJSC	$850,000,000	2
Telia Company AB	$731,603,972	2
DISH Network	$592,984,018	34
Lumen Technologies	$491,640,292	109
Frontier Communications	$420,241,072	32

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Company	Current Parent	Primary Offense Type	Year	Agency	Penalty Amount
Global Spectrum L.P.	Comcast	wage and hour violation	2010	WHD	$34,704
United Telephone Company of Florida	Lumen Technologies	wage and hour violation	2010	WHD	$144,593
Verizon Connected Solutions	Verizon Communications	Family and Medical Leave Act	2010	WHD	$73,526
Leap Wireless International Inc.	AT&T	wage and hour violation	2010	WHD	$50,132
Leap Wireless International, Inc.	AT&T	wage and hour violation	2010	WHD	$547,072
Leap Wireless International, Inc.	AT&T	wage and hour violation	2010	WHD	$63,031
DirecTV Home Services Sacramento	AT&T	labor relations violation	2010	NLRB	$50,000
AT & T Mobility	AT&T	labor relations violation	2010	NLRB	$5,173
AT&T	AT&T	labor relations violation	2010	NLRB	$35,000
Verizon Delaware, Inc.	Verizon Communications	labor relations violation	2010	NLRB	$69,500
DirecTV Customer Services, Inc.	AT&T	labor relations violation	2010	NLRB	$21,056
AT&T	AT&T	labor relations violation	2010	NLRB	$6,600
Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc. (Verizon Services Group)	Verizon Communications	labor relations violation	2010	NLRB	$10,200
Verizon	Verizon Communications	labor relations violation	2010	NLRB	$17,920
Frontier Communications	Frontier Communications	labor relations violation	2010	NLRB	$128,566
Qwest Communications	Lumen Technologies	labor relations violation	2010	NLRB	$60,000
SBC Internet Services Inc. d/b/a AT&T Internet Services	AT&T	labor relations violation	2010	NLRB	$38,187
AT&T Services	AT&T	wage and hour violation	2010	private lawsuit-federal	$17,000,000
Charter Communications	Charter Communications	wage and hour violation	2010	private lawsuit-federal	$18,000,000
Nextel	T-Mobile US	wage and hour violation	2010	private lawsuit-federal	$2,800,000
Verizon	Verizon Communications	wage and hour violation	2010	private lawsuit-state	$5,000,000
Lucent Technologies, Inc.	Nokia	benefit plan administrator violation	2010	private lawsuit-federal	$36,000,000
DirecTV	AT&T	consumer protection violation	2010	MULTI-AG	$13,250,000
Sprint	T-Mobile US	consumer protection violation	2010	MULTI-AG	$22,000,000
Sprint	T-Mobile US	consumer protection violation	2010	FL-AG	$800,000
T-Mobile	T-Mobile US	consumer protection violation	2010	FL-AG	$600,000
Verizon Long Distance LLC	Verizon Communications	consumer protection violation	2010	WI-AG	$190,000
VERIZON NEW ENGLAND INC	Verizon Communications	environmental violation	2010	MA-ENV	$8,700
Verizon MD, Inc.	Verizon Communications	environmental violation	2010	MD-ENV	$6,300
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC	Nokia	air pollution violation	2010	NJ-ENV	$5,000
QWEST CORPORATION	Lumen Technologies	environmental violation	2010	OR-ENV	$26,608
Verizon Communication	Verizon Communications	Family and Medical Leave Act	2010	CA-CRD	$6,011,190
Verizon California Inc.	Verizon Communications	air pollution violation	2010	CA-SCAQMD	$17,500
QWEST CORPORATION	Lumen Technologies	utility safety violation	2010	OR-PUC	$5,800
VERIZON NORTHWEST INC	Verizon Communications	utility safety violation	2010	OR-PUC	$10,000
AT&T Mobility LLC	AT&T	consumer protection violation	2010	private lawsuit-federal	$18,000,000
Comcast Corporation	Comcast	consumer protection violation	2010	private lawsuit-federal	$16,000,000
Sprint Nextel Corporation	T-Mobile US	consumer protection violation	2010	private lawsuit-federal	$17,500,000
Verizon New York, Inc.	Verizon Communications	employment discrimination	2010	NY-DHR	$7,500
Xo Communications	Verizon Communications	wage and hour violation	2010	MI-LEO	$11,000
AT&T	AT&T	wage and hour violation	2010	MI-LEO	$6,513
AT & T	AT&T	workplace safety or health violation	2010	OSHA	$9,750
VERIZON	Verizon Communications	workplace safety or health violation	2010	OSHA	$5,000
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS	Charter Communications	workplace safety or health violation	2010	OSHA	$12,250
AT&T WEST ROME SERVICE CENTER	AT&T	workplace safety or health violation	2010	OSHA	$10,500
TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT DBA TIME WARNER CABLE	Charter Communications	workplace safety or health violation	2010	OSHA	$5,000
PACIFIC BELL TELEPHONE DBA AT&T	AT&T	workplace safety or health violation	2010	OSHA	$5,000
GLOBAL SPECTRUM L.P.	Comcast	workplace safety or health violation	2010	OSHA	$8,000
ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY DBA AT&T ILLINOIS	AT&T	workplace safety or health violation	2010	OSHA	$7,000
DISH NETWORK SERVICES LLC	DISH Network	workplace safety or health violation	2010	OSHA	$7,000
DIRECT TV HOME SERVICES	AT&T	workplace safety or health violation	2010	OSHA	$6,300
New Cingular Wireless PCS LLC	AT&T	water pollution violation	2010	EPA	$57,255
Comcast Corp.	Comcast	privacy violation	2009	FTC	$900,000
DIRECTV	AT&T	privacy violation	2009	FTC	$2,310,000
AT&T Missouri	AT&T	False Claims Act and related	2009	DOJ_CIVIL	$1,400,000
AT&T Technical Services Corp.	AT&T	False Claims Act and related	2009	DOJ_CIVIL	$8,266,414
AT&T Inc.	AT&T	civil contempt	2009	DOJ_CIVIL	$2,000,000
Verizon Pennsylvania Inc.	Verizon Communications	employment discrimination	2009	EEOC	$37,000
AT&T	AT&T	employment discrimination	2009	EEOC	$75,000
AT&T	AT&T	employment discrimination	2009	EEOC	$1,300,000
Clearwire US LLC	T-Mobile US	Family and Medical Leave Act	2009	WHD	$15,162
Dish Network L.L.C.	DISH Network	wage and hour violation	2009	WHD	$489,666
AT&T	AT&T	labor relations violation	2009	NLRB	$10,000
Windstream Corporation and its subsidiary, Windstream Pennsylvania, LLC	Windstream	labor relations violation	2009	NLRB	$7,003
AT&T	AT&T	labor relations violation	2009	NLRB	$11,695
Verizon Communications	Verizon Communications	labor relations violation	2009	NLRB	$8,347
Bell Atlantic	Verizon Communications	labor relations violation	2009	NLRB	$85,859
Comcast Cable	Comcast	labor relations violation	2009	NLRB	$354,000
Verizon California, Inc.	Verizon Communications	labor relations violation	2009	NLRB	$11,588
Bright House Netorwk LLC and Advance / Newhouse Partnership	Charter Communications	labor relations violation	2009	NLRB	$7,000
Bright House Networks, LLC and Advance/Newhouse Partnership	Charter Communications	labor relations violation	2009	NLRB	$7,000
Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P.	AT&T	labor relations violation	2009	NLRB	$117,000
AT&T	AT&T	labor relations violation	2009	NLRB	$15,000
Qwest Corporation	Lumen Technologies	labor relations violation	2009	NLRB	$83,400
QWEST	Lumen Technologies	labor relations violation	2009	NLRB	$49,000
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS	Lumen Technologies	labor relations violation	2009	NLRB	$45,000
Qwest Communications, Inc.	Lumen Technologies	labor relations violation	2009	NLRB	$188,003
Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.	Comcast	labor relations violation	2009	NLRB	$24,650
AT&T (Southwestern Bell Telephone)	AT&T	labor relations violation	2009	NLRB	$80,000
MCI Communication Services	Verizon Communications	wage and hour violation	2009	private lawsuit-federal	$3,450,000
Pacific Bell	AT&T	wage and hour violation	2009	private lawsuit-federal	$1,500,000
Sprint	T-Mobile US	wage and hour violation	2009	private lawsuit-federal	$8,771,000
AT&T Mobility	AT&T	consumer protection violation	2009	NY-AG	$2,630,000
DISH Network, L.L.C.	DISH Network	consumer protection violation	2009	MULTI-AG	$5,900,000
Frontier Communications, Inc.	Frontier Communications	consumer protection violation	2009	NY-AG	$85,000
IDT Corp.	IDT Corp.	consumer protection violation	2009	NJ-AG	$5,000
Verizon New Jersey, Inc.	Verizon Communications	consumer protection violation	2009	NJ-AG	$795,000
Verizon Wireless	Verizon Communications	consumer protection violation	2009	FL-AG	$1,500,000
VONAGE	Ericsson	consumer protection violation	2009	MULTI-AG	$3,000,000
Blockbuster Inc.	DISH Network	consumer protection violation	2009	CA-MULTI	$300,000
Time Warner Cable	Charter Communications	air pollution violation	2009	CA-ARB	$8,500
Verizon CA Inc.	Verizon Communications	air pollution violation	2009	CA-SCAQMD	$6,000
Verizon California	Verizon Communications	air pollution violation	2009	CA-SCAQMD	$6,000
Verizon Florida LLC	Verizon Communications	consumer protection violation	2009	FL-PSC	$125,000
Verizon North Inc.	Verizon Communications	consumer protection violation	2009	PA-PUC	$5,000
Sprint/United Management Company	T-Mobile US	wage and hour violation	2009	CA-LCO	$8,367
Sprint Nextel Corporation	T-Mobile US	consumer protection violation	2009	private lawsuit-federal	$1,000,000
DIRECTV HOME SERVICES	AT&T	workplace safety or health violation	2009	OSHA	$5,000
VERIZON	Verizon Communications	workplace safety or health violation	2009	OSHA	$5,000
ANDREW SYSTEMS, INC.	CommScope	workplace safety or health violation	2009	OSHA	$9,625
COMCAST OF SOUTH FLORIDA II, INC.	Comcast	workplace safety or health violation	2009	OSHA	$6,000