: Verizon mobile outage leaves users in SOS mode nationwide
Verizon mobile service suffered a nationwide outage that left many customers unable to make or receive calls. Phones were often stuck in SOS mode, with reports of no signal and disrupted voice and data services across multiple states. The impact appeared broad, affecting regular mobile usage for voice and data across a large portion of the United States.
StatusGator detected the outage based on user reports at , ahead of any provider confirmation. The incident persisted for about 9 hours and 59 minutes, from to . Verizon has no public status page for this incident, so there were no official updates to reference. The volume of user reports indicates a widespread impact across the country during the event.