WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - The Federal
Communications Commission fined the largest U.S. wireless
carriers nearly $200 million for illegally sharing access to
customers' location information.
The FCC is finalizing fines first proposed in February 2020,
including $80 million for T-Mobile and $12 million for
Sprint, which it has acquired as well $57 million for AT&T ( T )
and nearly $47 million for Verizon Communications ( VZ ). FCC
Chair Jessica Rosenworcel said the largest wireless sold
"real-time location information to data aggregators, allowing
this highly sensitive data to wind up in the hands of bail-bond
companies, bounty hunters, and other shady actors."