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Violation Tracker Industry Summary Page

Industry: telecommunications
Penalty Total since 2000: $14,621,121,891
Number of Records: 1,253
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$491,388,292108
Frontier Communications$420,241,07232

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CompanyCurrent ParentPrimary Offense TypeYear sort iconAgencyPenalty Amount
AT&TAT&Tenvironmental violation2000EPA$1,800,000
AT&T Corp.AT&Temployment discrimination2000EEOC$50,000
Verizon Long DistanceVerizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2000FCC$250,000
MCI WorldcomVerizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2000FCC$3,500,000
Bell Atlantic-New YorkVerizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2000FCC$27,000,000
MCI WorldcomVerizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2000FCC$100,000
Lucent Technologies, Inc.Nokialabor relations violation2000NLRB$7,828
Bell Atlantic, VirginiaVerizon Communicationslabor relations violation2000NLRB$16,000
AT&TAT&Tlabor relations violation2000NLRB$7,000
Alcatel Network Systems, Inc.Nokialabor relations violation2000NLRB$13,440
AT&T/ALSAT&Tlabor relations violation2000NLRB$24,000
Comcast Cablevision - TaylorComcastlabor relations violation2000NLRB$5,000
AT&TAT&Tconsumer protection violation2000NY-AG$40,000
Qwest CommunicationsLumen Technologiestelecommunications violation2000OR-AG$75,000
Qwest Communications Corp. and LCI International Telecom Corp.Lumen Technologiesconsumer protection violation2000KS-AG$350,000
Qwest Communications CorporationLumen Technologiesconsumer protection violation2000WI-AG$250,000
Qwest Communications International Inc.Lumen Technologiestelecommunications violation2000MN-AG$500,000
Qwest International Communications, Inc.Lumen Technologiestelecommunications violation2000NV-AG$175,000
Lucent Technologies, Inc.Nokiaenvironmental violation2000GA-ENV$10,500
VERIZONVerizon Communicationsenvironmental violation2000MA-ENV$22,500
ANDREW CORPORATIONCommScopeenvironmental violation2000TX-ENV$10,000
US West CommunicationsLumen Technologiesutility service violation2000AZ-CC$1,500,000
AmeritechAT&Tutility administrative violation2000MI-PSC$3,750,000
Ameritech OhioAT&Tutility administrative violation2000OH-PUC$295,000
VERIZON PENNSYLVANIA INCVerizon Communicationsconsumer protection violation2000PA-PUC$16,000
Qwest CorporationLumen Technologiesconsumer protection violation2000WA-UTC$1,000,000
AmeritechAT&Tutility service violation2000WI-PSC$10,000,000
TIME WARNER CABLECharter Communicationsworkplace safety or health violation2000OSHA$6,000
ALCATELNokiaworkplace safety or health violation2000OSHA$14,550
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIESNokiaworkplace safety or health violation2000OSHA$5,000
PACIFIC BELLAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2000OSHA$18,270
TIME WARNER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.Charter Communicationsworkplace safety or health violation2000OSHA$45,000
VIVENDI UNIVERSAL INTERACTIVE PUBLISHINGComcastworkplace safety or health violation2000OSHA$7,675
ALCATELNokiaworkplace safety or health violation2000OSHA$13,950
AT&T, INCAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2000OSHA$9,750
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONEAT&Tworkplace safety or health violation2000OSHA$6,000
U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.Lumen Technologiesworkplace safety or health violation2000OSHA$7,500
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Nokiaworkplace safety or health violation2000OSHA$13,500
SBA NETWORK SERVICESSBA Communicationsworkplace safety or health violation2000OSHA$6,500
AT & T CORPAT&Tenvironmental violation2000EPA$195,000
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Nokiaenvironmental violation2000EPA$5,000
MCI WORLDCOM, INC.Verizon Communicationsenvironmental violation2000EPA$625,000
BELL ATLANTIC COMPANIESVerizon Communicationsenvironmental violation2000EPA$16,069
U.S. WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INCLumen Technologiesenvironmental violation2000EPA$10,167
WESTERN WIRELESS CORPVerizon Communicationsenvironmental violation2000EPA$10,734
Motorola CorporationMotorola Solutionsexport control violation2001DDTC$600,000
SBC CommunicationsAT&Ttelecommunications violation2001FCC$2,520,000
U S West CommunicationsLumen Technologieslabor relations violation2001NLRB$16,500
Southwestern Bell Telephone CompanyAT&Tlabor relations violation2001NLRB$14,200
AT & T BroadbandAT&Tlabor relations violation2001NLRB$8,481
U S West CommunicationsLumen Technologieslabor relations violation2001NLRB$12,500
Southwestern Bell Telephone CompanyAT&Tlabor relations violation2001NLRB$60,846
Bell Atlantic NYNEX Mobile, Inc.Verizon Communicationslabor relations violation2001NLRB$256,000
Lucent Technologies, Inc. and Avaya, Inc.Nokialabor relations violation2001NLRB$130,000,000
Alcatel Network Systems, Inc.Nokialabor relations violation2001NLRB$6,000
Pacific Bell and Pacific TelesisAT&Twage and hour violation2001private lawsuit-federal$35,000,000
AirTouch CellularVerizon Communicationsconsumer protection violation2001CA-AG$999,000
Qwest Communications InternationalLumen Technologiesconsumer protection violation2001PA-AG$350,000
Qwest Communications International, Inc.Lumen Technologiestelecommunications violation2001CT-AG$1,100,000
Verizon Select Services Inc. and Snyder CommunicationsVerizon Communicationsconsumer protection violation2001FL-AG$3,100,000
AirTouch CellularVerizon Communicationsconsumer protection violation2001CA-LACA$999,000
Qwest InternationalLumen Technologiestelecommunications violation2001NJ-DCA$500,000
VERIZON NEW ENGLAND INCVerizon Communicationsenvironmental violation2001MA-ENV$62,500
VERIZONVerizon Communicationsenvironmental violation2001MA-ENV$157,500
LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLCLumen Technologiesenvironmental violation2001OR-ENV$18,000
Pacific BellAT&Tconsumer protection violation2001CA-PUC$25,550,000
BellSouthAT&Tutility service violation2001GA-PSC$7,000,000
AT&TAT&Tconsumer protection violation2001MI-PSC$15,000
SprintT-Mobile USconsumer protection violation2001VT-PUC$14,910
WorldCom Inc.Verizon Communicationsconsumer protection violation2001private lawsuit-federal$88,000,000
VERIZON INCVerizon Communicationsworkplace safety or health violation2001OSHA$5,000
AT&T BROADBAND LLCAT&Tenvironmental violation2001EPA$60,441
AT&T CORP.AT&Tenvironmental violation2001EPA$90,469
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL, INC.Lumen Technologiesenvironmental violation2001EPA$86,847
SPRINT UNITED MANAGEMENT COMPANYT-Mobile USenvironmental violation2001EPA$250,975
WORLDCOM, INC.Verizon Communicationsenvironmental violation2001EPA$143,520
CELLCO PARTNERSHIPVerizon Communicationsenvironmental violation2001EPA$7,589
BellSouth CorporationAT&TForeign Corrupt Practices Act2002SEC$150,000
AT&T WirelessAT&Ttelecommunications violation2002FCC$117,000
AT&T WirelessAT&Ttelecommunications violation2002FCC$2,000,000
SBC CommunicationsAT&Ttelecommunications violation2002FCC$6,000,000
SBC CommunicationsAT&Ttelecommunications violation2002FCC$3,600,000
Lucent TechnologiesNokialabor relations violation2002NLRB$13,784
Bellsouth TelecommunicationsAT&Tlabor relations violation2002NLRB$42,000
Dish Network Service CorporationDISH Networklabor relations violation2002NLRB$14,000
AVAYAAvaya Holdingslabor relations violation2002NLRB$6,925
Charter Communications, Inc.Charter Communicationslabor relations violation2002NLRB$14,500
Southwestern Bell TelephoneAT&Tlabor relations violation2002NLRB$5,560
TIME WARNER CABLECharter Communicationslabor relations violation2002NLRB$11,980
Lucent TechnologiesNokialabor relations violation2002NLRB$21,669
National Broadcasting Corporation, Inc.Comcastlabor relations violation2002NLRB$31,500
Bell Atlantic-New Jersey, Inc.Verizon Communicationslabor relations violation2002NLRB$20,000
A T & T COMMUNICATIONSAT&Tlabor relations violation2002NLRB$9,000
Bell AtlanticVerizon Communicationslabor relations violation2002NLRB$45,692
Blockbuster Video # 06258DISH Networkwage and hour violation2002CA-LCO$120,000
Blockbuster Video # 06258DISH Networkwage and hour violation2002CA-LCO$375,000
Sprint United ManagementT-Mobile USemployment discrimination2002private lawsuit-federal$352,756
SBC CommunicationsAT&Tbenefit plan administrator violation2002private lawsuit-federal$10,000,000
AT&TAT&Tconsumer protection violation2002MULTI-AG$500,000
MCI WorldcomVerizon Communicationsconsumer protection violation2002MULTI-AG$500,000
MCI WorldCom Communications, Inc.Verizon Communicationstelecommunications violation2002CA-AG$8,500,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.