June 4 (Reuters) - AT&T ( T ), Verizon and
T-Mobile said on Tuesday that some customers were
having problems with calls made to other wireless carriers,
prompting the Federal Communications Commission to investigate.
The extent of the problem was not immediately clear.
AT&T ( T ) said in a statement: "There is a nationwide issue that
is affecting the ability of customers to complete calls between
carriers. We are working closely with Verizon to determine the
nature of the issue and what actions need to be taken."
AT&T ( T ) added that its network was "not experiencing a
nationwide outage."
Verizon said in a statement its network was operating
normally but that some of its customers in the U.S. Northeast
and Midwest were "experiencing issues when calling or texting
customers served by another carrier. We are continuing to
monitor the situation."
Tracking website Downdetector.com showed more than 2,300
outage reports as of 5:46 p.m. EDT, with the New York City
borough of Brooklyn, Chicago and Philadelphia among the most
reported locations.
T-Mobile US ( TMUS ) said it was "not experiencing an outage. We are
seeing Down Detector increases with other providers, so this
likely could be challenges our customers are having connecting
with users on other networks."
The FCC and New York Attorney General Letitia James said in
February they were investigating the cause of an AT&T ( T )
outage earlier that month as well as the telecom firm's
response. The outage lasted more than 10 hours and impacted more
than 70,000 customers.
AT&T ( T ) credited customers a full day of service for the
carrier's outage.