Verizon users are suffering outages impacting voice and data services, the company confirmed on Wednesday.
Verizon announced in a statement on social media that its engineers are aware of the situation and are working to resolve the issue.
“We are aware of an issue impacting wireless voice and data services for some customers. Our engineers are engaged and are working to identify and solve the issue quickly. We understand how important reliable connectivity is and apologize for the inconvenience,” Verizon said in a statement.
The outage tracking website Downdetector showed 172,980 reports of outages around 12:30 p.m. ET. Those outages declined to 120,628 as of 1:22 p.m. ET.
The actual number of users affected by the outage may differ from those figures, as Downdetector reports are submitted by users.
This is a developing story. Check back soon for updates.
Reuters contributed to this report.
