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Company: SBC Communications
Current Parent Company: AT&T
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Penalty: $6,000,000
Year: 2002
Date: October 9, 2002
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: telecommunications violation
Violation Description: The Federal Communications Commission fined SBC Communications, Inc. $6 million for violating a competition-related condition that the FCC imposed when it approved the 1999 merger of SBC and Ameritech Corporation.
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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