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Company: T-Mobile
Current Parent Company: T-Mobile US
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Penalty: $48,000,000
Year: 2016
Date: October 19, 2016
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: telecommunications violation
Violation Description: The FCC's Enforcement Bureau announced that T-Mobile would pay a fine and provide benefits to consumers totaling at least $48 million as part of a settlement resolving an investigation into whether the company adequately disclosed speed and data restrictions for its "unlimited" data plan subscribers.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Communications Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Washington
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
Specific Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
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