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More than 100,000 Verizon users lost access to mobile services Monday (Sept. 30). The wireless carrier said it was aware of the issue, per a report by NBC News, marking the latest in a series of mass technical outages this year.
"We are working quickly to identify and solve the issue," the carrier says.
The number of cases peaked at more than 100,000 Monday morning, according to the website Downdetector. Users complained of being unable to make calls or send texts.
Users can tell when their iPhone is in SOS mode because the bars in the top right corner of their screen will disappear and be replaced with “SOS.”
Verizon Communications' network was down for thousands of users on Monday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.
More than 95,000 cases of Verizon outages were reported across the country, according to the website Downdetector.
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Verizon's stock was rising toward a two-year high Monday, after the telecommunications company announced deal valued at $3.3 billion to lease out its wireless-communications towers.
NEW YORK and BOCA RATON, Fla., Sept. 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) and Vertical Bridge today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for Vertical Bridge to obtain the exclusive rights to lease, operate and manage 6,339 wireless communications towers across all 50 states and Washington, D.C. from subsidiaries of Verizon for approximately $3.3 billion, including certain commercial benefits. The transaction is structured as a prepaid lease with upfront proceeds of approximately $2.8 billion in cash.
Verizon Communications is in advanced talks to sell thousands of mobile phone towers to digital infrastructure firm Vertical Bridge, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.