23 USA telecom carriers fined over $2M by the FCC since 2015

It's really interesting to check how our telecom business is "protected" in the US by the FCC (Federal Communications Commission).

In the last two years, 23 telecom carriers were fined by the FCC over $2M...

This is the full list:

• AT&T Services, Inc.: $25M fine for security breach involving customers’ CPNI (https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-15-399A1.pdf)
• Birch Communications, Inc.: $4.2M fine for ‘cramming’ and ‘slamming’ on long distance service (https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-16-1458A1.pdf)
• Central Telecom Long Distance, Inc.: $3.46M fine for ‘cramming’ and ‘slamming’ on long distance service (https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-16-122A1.pdf)
• CenturyLink, Inc.: $16M fine for outage in 911 service (https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-15-406A1.pdf)
• Consumer Telcom, Inc.: $3.06M fine for ‘cramming’ and ‘slamming’ on long distance service (https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-16-124A1.pdf)
• Five9, Inc.: $2M fine for providing interstate and international telecommunications services without license (https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-15-686A1.pdf)
• General Communication, Inc.: $2.4M fine for outage in 911 service (https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-16-735A1.pdf)
• GPSPS, Inc.: $9.06M fine for ‘cramming’ and ‘slamming’ on long distance service (https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-15-93A1.pdf)
• IT Connect, Inc.: $3.36M fine for attempting to sell toll free numbers (https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-15-23A1.pdf)
• Locus Telecommunications, Inc.: $5M fine for incorrect marketing of its prepaid telephone calling cards (https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-15-117A1.pdf)
• Lyca Tel, LLC: $5M fine for incorrect marketing of its prepaid telephone calling cards (https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-15-116A1.pdf)
• MCI Communications Services, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Business Services: $3.4M fine for outage in 911 service (https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-15-308A1.pdf)
• NobelTel, LLC: $5M fine for incorrect marketing of its prepaid telephone calling cards (https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-15-115A1.pdf)
• Optic Internet Protocol, Inc.: $7.62M fine for ‘cramming’ and ‘slamming’ on long distance service (https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-15-27A1.pdf)
• Purple Communications, Inc.: $11.94M fine for TRS failure (https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-15-169A1.pdf)
• Roman LD, Inc.: $6.14 fine for for ‘cramming’ and ‘slamming’ on long distance service (https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-16-1193A1.pdf)
• Simple Network, Inc.: $5M fine for incorrect marketing of its prepaid telephone calling cards (https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-15-114A1.pdf)
• Straight Path Spectrum, LLC: $100M fine for failing to meet license obligations (https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-17-40A1.pdf)
• STi Telecom, Inc.: $5M fine for incorrect marketing of its prepaid telephone calling cards (https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-15-113A1.pdf)
• TerraCom, Inc. and YourTel America, Inc.: $3.5 fine for failing to protect the confidentiality of proprietary information (https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-15-776A1.pdf)
• Total Call Mobile, Inc.: $30M fine for fraud on USF Lifeline program (https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-16-1399A1.pdf)
• Touch-Tel USA, LLC: $5M fine for incorrect marketing of its prepaid telephone calling cards (https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-15-112A1.pdf)
• U.S. Telecom Long Distance, Inc.: $4.48M fine for ‘cramming’ and ‘slamming’ on long distance service (https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-16-123A1.pdf)

If you're interested in telecom regulation in USA, you can also check my other post (in Spanish): "¿Montar una telco en USA? Implicaciones a nivel regulatorio".

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About: Jose E. Puente is a Telecommunications Engineer with an expertise in business development for MVNO's, international wholesale VoIP carriers and disruptive telecom projects. Having worked in the full technical deployment of one of the first new entrants (VODAFONE ESPAÑA, formerly Comunitel Global) once telecom market was liberalized in Spain in 1998, as Key Account Manager at the telecom subsidiary of IBERDROLA, and as Wholesale Business Director at OCEAN'S NETWORK (leading the strategy and transition from being a branded reseller of MOVISTAR to becoming a real MVNO over ORANGE network), Jose E. Puente is currently involved in International Business Development with ALISYS, TAITIC, MOBILETALK-Q and a few other companies from Europe and USA.