Verizon detects technical problem amid wave of outage reports

Verizon admitted that there was a technical problem on its network. Hundreds of thousands of reports indicated that users were unable to access their cell phone services on Monday.

The telecommunications giant said in a statement that it was “aware of an issue impacting service for some customers.”

“Our engineers are committed and we are working quickly to identify and resolve the issue,” it said.

In a statement posted on social media Monday afternoon, the FCC said it was monitoring the situation.

“We are aware of a Verizon outage impacting customers in parts of the country,” the agency said. “We are working to determine the cause and extent of these service disruptions.”

DownDetector, a website that monitors connectivity issues for various web and digital services, said there were more than 100,000 reports of outages early Monday, although that number had already begun to decline by 11:30 a.m.

It’s the latest massive outage issue in 2024, with AT&T down for a large number of users in February. and a global bug caused by an update related to cybersecurity group CrowdStrike that affected Microsoft systems worldwide in July.

The Federal Trade Commission did not comment on the outage.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

This article was originally published on NBCNews.com