Americans abroad cut off as AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile US suffer roaming outages
AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile US are today experiencing international roaming outages, leaving at least some American subscribers unable to use their phones as they expect while overseas.
In statements to The Register, AT&T, T-Mo, and Verizon all said their international roaming connectivity is suffering due to issues with a third party, which is understood to be Syniverse. The outage has been going on for several hours, from what we can tell.
“Since the onset of these issues, Syniverse has been working closely with our network partners to restore full service,” Syniverse, a US-based comms provider that focuses on roaming services, said in a statement confirming the breakdown.
"We're one of several providers impacted by a third-party vendor's issue that is intermittently affecting some international roaming service," T-Mo told us. "We're working with them to resolve it."
Similarly, AT&T stated: "The AT&T network is operating normally. Some customers traveling internationally may be experiencing service disruptions due to an issue outside the AT&T network. We're working with one of our roaming connectivity providers to resolve the issue."
