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Company: AT&T Inc.
Current Parent Company: AT&T
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Penalty: $700,000
Year: 2012
Date: November 6, 2012
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: telecommunications violation
Violation Description: AT&T agreed to pay $700,000 as part of a consent decree to resolve complaints that the company switched certain consumers to its mandatory monthly wireless data plans even though it had promised they could retain their existing pay-as-you-go data plans.
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: Texas
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
Specific Industry of Current Parent: telecommunications
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