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

Verizon Wireless is officially giving its customers a "my bad" credit for its lengthy cell service outage on Wednesday. The company announced that customers would receive "a $20 account credit that can be easily redeemed by logging into the MyVerizon app," the company posted on social media.

Verizon has acknowledged a wireless services outage in the U.S. Wednesday afternoon and stated that its engineers are working to fix the problem.

Verizon Wireless is suffering a massive outage in the US, with customers reporting their phones stuck in SOS mode with no cellular service.

The outage lasted more than 10 hours and brought voice and data services to a halt for many customers of the country's largest wireless network.

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

Verizon Wireless is responding to a major disruption in service, with customers nationwide reporting that they're unable to make phone calls or use the int

Over 172,000 people have reported having no cell service or seeing 'SOS' on their phones. Do you have this issue?

Outage reports began rolling in around 11:45 a.m. on Jan. 14., with Houston and Dallas among the list of top reporting locations, according to Downdetector—a platform providing real-time status updates for online services.

New York State Assembly member Anil Beephan called on the Federal Communications Commission to investigate the hourslong service outage.