FCC Enforcement Actions
Database covers 2018 to present.
Virgin Mobile USA, L.P., d/b/a Assurance Wireless, Sprint Corporation, and T-Mobile US, Inc
Consent Decree
Date:
2020-11-04
File/Case/Docket Number:
EB-IHD-19-00028966
Civil penalty and/or settlement amount:
$200,000,000
Category:
Universal Service Fund
FCC Bureau/Division involved:
Enforcement Bureau-Investigations and Hearings Division
FCC Document Number:
DA-20-1295
View Delegated Authority Document
Rule/Law sections violated
- § 54.405(e)(3) - Universal Service / Universal Service Support for Low-Income Consumers / Carrier obligation to offer Lifeline.
- § 54.407(a) - Universal Service / Universal Service Support for Low-Income Consumers / Reimbursement for offering Lifeline.
- § 54.410(a) - Universal Service / Universal Service Support for Low-Income Consumers / Subscriber eligibility determination and certification.
- § 54.410(c) - Universal Service / Universal Service Support for Low-Income Consumers / Subscriber eligibility determination and certification.
- § 54.410(b) - Universal Service / Universal Service Support for Low-Income Consumers / Subscriber eligibility determination and certification.
FCC Registration Number(s)
Assurance Wireless USA, LP, f/k/a Virgin Mobile USA, L.P., Sprint Corporation, and T-Mobile US, Inc.
Consent Decree
Date:
2023-09-22
File/Case/Docket Number:
EB-IHD-19-00028966
Civil penalty and/or settlement amount:
$7,500,000
Category:
Universal Service Fund
Violation type:
Business practices
FCC Bureau/Division involved:
Enforcement Bureau-Investigations and Hearings Division
FCC Document Number:
DA-23-878
View Delegated Authority Document
Rule/Law sections violated
- § 54.405(e)(3) - Universal Service / Universal Service Support for Low-Income Consumers / Carrier obligation to offer Lifeline.
- § 54.407(a) - Universal Service / Universal Service Support for Low-Income Consumers / Reimbursement for offering Lifeline.
- § 54.410(a) - Universal Service / Universal Service Support for Low-Income Consumers / Subscriber eligibility determination and certification.
- § 54.410(c) - Universal Service / Universal Service Support for Low-Income Consumers / Subscriber eligibility determination and certification.
- § 54.410(b) - Universal Service / Universal Service Support for Low-Income Consumers / Subscriber eligibility determination and certification.
FCC Registration Number(s)
Amounts shown in NALs may not include forfeitures that were reduced upon a showing and reflected in a subsequent Forfeiture Order (FO). Forfeitures reduced or cancelled through a method other than a Forfeiture Order may not always reflect in the database.
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