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Verizon cellphone service outage affects thousands in major US cities Saturday afternoon

Market News
08 Aug 2026
CNBC
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Bearish
Verizon cellphone service outage affects thousands in major US cities Saturday afternoon

Verizon experienced a cellphone service outage affecting several thousand customers across major US cities like New York, Los Angeles, and Boston on Saturday afternoon starting around 3:30 p.m. ET. The outage impacted voice services and also affected customers of other carriers such as AT&T and T-Mobile, whose calls could not get through. Verizon advised affected users to restart their devices but did not disclose the cause of the disruption. The company is working to resolve the issue and restore full service.

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