Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
Verizon
Current Parent Company:
Verizon Communications
Penalty:
$3,400,000
Year:
2015
Date:
March 18, 2015
Offense Group:
consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense:
telecommunications violation
Violation Description:
Verizon agreed to a $3.4 million settlement to resolve a Federal Communications Commission investigation into the company's failure to meet its emergency call obligations during a multistate 911 service in 2014.
Level of Government:
federal
Action Type:
agency action
Agency:
Federal Communications Commission
Civil or Criminal Case:
civil
HQ Country of Parent:
USA
HQ State of Parent:
New York
Ownership Structure of Parent:
publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent:
telecommunications
Specific Industry of Parent:
telecommunications
Source of Data:
https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-332570A1.pdf (archived copy)
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Parent company note:
Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.