Is Verizon your mobile service carrier? Well, then you may be experiencing some technical difficulties today. Most issues are with mobile phones, accounting for around 62% of the reports. While other major carriers snark about their competitors’ issues, consumers are far from joking. Customers expect their cell phones to be ready and available at any and all times. Is there any updates? Is there a timeframe of when the issue will be resolved?

Verizon Services are Outage Details

According to Verizon’s social media page at 1:30 PM EST the following message was sent out:

“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.“

The company has known about the issue since then and has been putting its best foot forward to resolve it. Although 2026 is still young, this is the largest outage of the year. Users are experiencing the dreaded “SOS” sign. There is still limited information about the service being down, but Verizon sent out this most recent message at 4:00 PM:

“Verizon’s team is on the ground actively working to fix today’s service issue that is impacting some customers. We know this is a huge inconvenience, and our top priority is to get you back online and connected as fast as possible. We appreciate your patience while we work to resolve this issue.“

Final Thoughts

Unfortunately for people who use Verizon as their carrier, there seems to be limited information on why and how long the service will be down. To continue with updates, check in on @VerizonNews on X. Also, check out T-Mobile and AT&T’s social media for some slight jabs and jokes at the competition.