Many Verizon customers are experiencing a major outage on Wednesday, disrupting calling and cellular services across the U.S.

Verizon said some of its wireless services were down Wednesday, leaving many customers without access to voice and data services. Downdetector, a website that tracks user-submitted reports of outages among popular online services,

At least 175,000 Verizon customers across the nation were experiencing a service outage on Wednesday afternoon, according to the company.

Verizon Wireless is experiencing a widespread outage Wednesday, prompting responses from emergency management teams in New York City and D.C.

Verizon, the U.S.'s biggest wireless carrier, encountered serious technical issues Wednesday that knocked out service for thousands of customers across the country.

More than 150,000 Verizon customers are reporting outages on Wednesday, Jan. 14, according to Downdetector. As of 12:37 p.m. ET, roughly 157,596 customers have reported outages to the real-time tracking website.

Verizon phones across the US have had trouble connecting since about noon Eastern, Verizon says it’s aware of the issue.

Nearly 200,000 users reported their service being disrupted on Wednesday, according to Downdetector, with reports flooding in around noon. A majority of the issues were reported to be related to mobile phone connectivity, at 61%, followed by users having no signal, at 35%, and mobile internet disruptions, at 4%.

Verizon said on Wednesday that it was working to restore its mobile and data services, as more than 170,000 users reported outages to the website Downdetector, which tracks user reports of service disruptions. That number had dropped to about 100,000 by 2 p.m. Eastern.

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