UPDATE: Verizon reports that it has restored service following Wednesday’s outage. The company also said it will issue "account credits" to affected customers as compensation. "The outage has been ...

In mid-January 2026, you may have looked down at your cell phone to check the time or send a text and realized that you had no service. Instead, your display may have read "SOS." If that's the case, ...

Verizon is offering a $20 credit to customers who could not make or receive phone calls due to Wednesday’s widespread cell service outage. The carrier announced the compensation for the nationwide ...