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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
QWEST CORPORATION DBA CENTURYLINK QCLumen Technologiesutility safety violation2012OR-PUC$5,000
Qwest Corporation dba CenturyLink QCLumen Technologiesutility service violation2016WA-UTC$2,854,750
Qwest Corporation, d/b/a CenturyLink QCLumen Technologieslabor relations violation2019NLRB$55,000
Qwest InternationalLumen Technologiestelecommunications violation2001NJ-DCA$500,000
Qwest International Communications, Inc.Lumen Technologiestelecommunications violation2000NV-AG$175,000
Qwest/LCILumen Technologiesconsumer protection violation2002CA-PUC$20,340,000
Ribbon Communications Inc. (fka Sonus Networks)Ribbon Communicationsinvestor protection violation2018SEC$1,900,000
Savvis Communications CorporationLumen Technologiesair pollution violation2011GA-ENV$7,500
SBA NETWORK SERVICESSBA Communicationsworkplace safety or health violation2000OSHA$6,500
SBA NETWORK SERVICES, INC.SBA Communicationsworkplace safety or health violation2002OSHA$13,125
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
SBC AMERITECHAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2003OSHA$5,375
SBC Ameritech OhioAT&Tutility service violation2002OH-PUC$8,200,000
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 Communications aka: Advanced Solutions Inc., et al.AT&Tlabor relations violation2005NLRB$7,000
SBC COMMUNICATIONS INCAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2004OSHA$5,950
SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC.AT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2004OSHA$5,000
SBC Communications, Inc.AT&TFamily and Medical Leave Act2004WHD$15,000
SBC Internet Services Inc. d/b/a AT&T Internet ServicesAT&Tlabor relations violation2010NLRB$38,187
SBC Pension Benefit Plan-Nonbargained ProgramAT&Tbenefit plan administrator violation2008private lawsuit-federal$16,000,000
SBC, Inc.AT&Tlabor relations violation2003NLRB$23,646
South Central BellAT&Temployment discrimination2003private lawsuit-federal$6,000,000
Southern New England TelephoneFrontier Communicationstelecommunications violation2015FCC$4,000,000
Southern New England Telephone and Woodbury TelephoneFrontier Communicationsconsumer protection violation2002CT-AG$561,000
Southwestern BellAT&Temployment discrimination2012private lawsuit-state$5,120,000
Southwestern Bell CommunicationsAT&TFamily and Medical Leave Act2004WHD$20,000
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 TELEPHONE CO.AT&Tutility safety violation2015KS-CC$7,500
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, L.P.AT&Tlabor relations violation2009NLRB$117,000
SPECTRUM CABLE SERVICES, INC.Charter Communicationswage and hour violation2008WHD$84,085
SPECTRUM NEW YORK METRO, LLC F/K/A TIME WARNER CABLE NEW YORK CITY LLCCharter Communicationsconsumer protection violation2020NJ-BPU$156,000
SprintT-Mobile USconsumer protection violation2015FTC$2,950,000
SprintT-Mobile USconsumer protection violation2015CFPB$50,000,000
SprintT-Mobile USlabor relations violation2003NLRB$37,500
SprintT-Mobile UStelecommunications violation2018FCC$10,000,000
SprintT-Mobile USwage and hour violation2011CA-LCO$10,500
SprintT-Mobile USwage and hour violation2018private lawsuit-federal$1,200,000
SprintT-Mobile USwage and hour violation2018private lawsuit-federal$1,800,000
SprintT-Mobile USwage and hour violation2011private lawsuit-federal$2,712,000
SprintT-Mobile USwage and hour violation2009private lawsuit-federal$8,771,000
SprintT-Mobile USemployment discrimination2006private lawsuit-federal$5,500,000
SprintT-Mobile USemployment discrimination2007private lawsuit-federal$57,000,000
SprintT-Mobile USconsumer protection violation2010MULTI-AG$22,000,000
SprintT-Mobile USconsumer protection violation2002MULTI-AG$500,000
SprintT-Mobile USconsumer protection violation2010FL-AG$800,000
SprintT-Mobile UStax violations2018NY-AG$330,000,000
SprintT-Mobile USconsumer protection violation2008NY-AG$375,000
SprintT-Mobile USconsumer protection violation2003MO-AG$50,000
SprintT-Mobile USconsumer protection violation2001VT-PUC$14,910
Sprint Central Telephone Co. of Virginia, Inc.Lumen Technologieslabor relations violation2005NLRB$32,774
Sprint CommunicationsT-Mobile USconsumer protection violation2004FL-AG$2,400,000
Sprint CommunicationsT-Mobile UStelecommunications violation2005MI-AG$1,200,000
Sprint Communications Inc.T-Mobile USfraud2015USAO$15,500,000
Sprint Communications, Inc.T-Mobile USconsumer protection violation2018WI-DATC$280,000
Sprint Corp.T-Mobile UStelecommunications violation2015FCC$1,175,000
Sprint Corp.T-Mobile UStelecommunications violation2015FCC$68,000,000
Sprint Corp.T-Mobile UStelecommunications violation2014FCC$7,500,000
Sprint Corp.T-Mobile UStelecommunications violation2015MULTI-AG(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $12,000,000
Sprint CorporationT-Mobile USconsumer protection violation2004FTC$1,125,000
Sprint CorporationT-Mobile USFalse Claims Act and related2003DOJ_CIVIL$5,565,250
Sprint CorporationT-Mobile USbenefit plan administrator violation2006private lawsuit-federal$25,000,000
Sprint CorporationT-Mobile USemployment discrimination2019OFCCP$558,650
Sprint CorporationT-Mobile UStelecommunications violation2020FCC$12,240,000
Sprint Florida, Inc. / South AreaLumen Technologieslabor relations violation2004NLRB$63,000
Sprint NextelT-Mobile UStelecommunications violation2007FCC$1,325,000
Sprint NextelT-Mobile USwage and hour violation2016private lawsuit-federal$3,370,000
Sprint NextelT-Mobile USconsumer protection violation2006NY-NYCDCWP$295,000
Sprint Nextel CorporationT-Mobile USconsumer protection violation2012private lawsuit-federal$19,000,000
Sprint Nextel CorporationT-Mobile USconsumer protection violation2010private lawsuit-federal$17,500,000
Sprint Nextel CorporationT-Mobile USconsumer protection violation2009private lawsuit-federal$1,000,000
Sprint PCST-Mobile USwage and hour violation2003WHD$5,028
Sprint PCST-Mobile USconsumer protection violation2004MULTI-AG$1,666,666
Sprint Spectrum, L.P.T-Mobile USconsumer protection violation2008TN-PUC$80,000
Sprint Telephony PCS, L.P.T-Mobile USutility safety violation2012CA-PUC$2,300,000
Sprint United ManagementT-Mobile USlabor relations violation2004NLRB$12,000
Sprint United ManagementT-Mobile USemployment discrimination2002private lawsuit-federal$352,756
Sprint United Management CompanyT-Mobile USwage and hour violation2019WHD$11,056
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.